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ONE CONTINUOUS NARRATIVE, 

THE LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST 



AS TOLD BY 



MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN. 



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PREFACE, 



The four undated, unsigned books we call The Gospels, 
the oldest records of the only cosmopolitan religion, claim 
the attentive study of every intelligent person. Preserved 
in hundreds of ancient manuscripts, attested and quoted by 
a vast number of succeeding writers, they are far beyond 
Greek and Roman " classics " in the clear personality of 
their authors and the relative purity of their text. With 
great differences of style and substance, they corroborate 
and supplement each other's accounts to an unsurpassed 
degree ; and whoever studies them long and well acquires a 
single impression, a blended history. 

But it is not easy to gain this ; and imperfect or confused 
notions have arisen in consequence of failure in such com- 
parative study. To meet this difficulty, many scholars have 
arranged the words of the four Gospels in parallel columns, 
in '* Harmonies," a fine form for leisure examination and 
critical analysis. Others, from Tatian, A. D. i6o, to our 
day, have chosen to unite the four into one continuous nar- 
rative, allowing each Evangelist to speak in his turn, and 
assimilating their accounts into a single testimony. In the 
present work this union is accomplished in a manner which, 
it is believed, will make The Gospels Combined peculiarly 
easy to read, — adapted to the wants of busy people, — and 
quite free from the intrusion of any elements which tend to 
divert the reader's attention from the exact thoughts of the 
Evangelists, or warp his opinion as to the subject-matter. 

The separate passages are arranged in the order which the 



4 PREFACE. 

writers appear to teach. Each EvangeHst is followed when 
he evidently intends to assert a particular succession of 
events. 

The language is that of the Revised Version of 1881, with 
free use of its valuable marginal readings whenever they 
most perfectly express the ideas of the original; and the 
interweaving of parallel passages is done with a constant 
view to clearness of statement. 

Words added by the translators to help the understanding 
of certain passages, which are put in italics in modern 
Bibles (causing much confusion to many readers), are here 
printed in current type, but bracketed in the cases where 
critics differ as to the propriety of their use. 

The words of the Great Teacher are set in antique type, 
so that they may be quickly recognized and suitably empha- 
sized. 

The text, instead of being separated into chapters (adopted 
in 1248) and verses (invented in 155 1), is divided into num- 
bered sections, like the venerable Vatican manuscript; and 
these have topical titles, such as are found in other famous 
manuscripts. 

No dates are inserted; because none were used by the 
Evangelists, and because the most critical scholars of the 
Christian centuries have differed widely as to the days, 
months, and even the years of Jesus' life. But what cares 
he who walks in the sunlight if he cannot learn precisely 
when the Orb of day arose ? 

May this arrangement of the "Wonderful Words of 
Life" be of service to many an earnest seeker after truth ! 

CHARLES HENRY POPE. 
Easter Monday, 1895. 



THE ORDER OF EVENTS 

INDICATED BY THE EVANGELISTS. 



13 
14 

16, 



The Subject of the Book. 

Mark i : i. 

The Object of the Writers. 

Luke I : 1-4. 

The Introduction. 



John I : 1-18. 



The Herald Foretold. 

Luke I : 5-25. 

Annunciation to the Virgin. 

Luke I : 26-38. 

Mary's Visit to Elisabeth. 

Luke I : 39-56. 

Birth of John the Baptist. 

Luke I : 57-80. 

The Genealogy. 

Matt, I : 1-17. 

Annunciation to Joseph. 

Matt. I ; 18-25. 

The Birth of Jesus. 

Luke 2 : 1-7. 

The Angels and the Shepherds. \ 

Luke 2 : 8-20. 

Circumcision and Presentation. 

Luke 2 : 21-39. 
Visit of the Magi. 

Matt. 2 : 1-12. 

Flight and Return. 

Matt. 2 : 13-23. 

Childhood and Youth of Jesus. 

Luke 2 : 40-52. 

The Ministry of John the Baptist. 

Matt. 3 : 1-12. Mark i : 2-8. Luke 3 : 1-18. 



6 THE ORDER OF EVENTS. 

17. The Baptism of Jesus. 

Matt. 3 : 13-17. Mark i : 9-1 1. Luke 3 : 21, 22. 

18. His Age and Lineage. 

Luke 3 : 23-38. 

19. Temptation in the Wilderness. 

Matt. 4 : i-ii. Mark i : 12, 13. Luke 4: 1-13. 

20. Testimony of John the Baptist. 

21. The First Disciples. 

22. The First Miracle. 

23. The Passover at Jerusalem. 

24. Visit of Nicodemus. 

25. Baptizing in Judaea. 

26. The Woman of Samaria. 



John I : 19-34. 
John I : 35-51. 
John 2 : 1-12. 
John 2 : 13-25. 
John 37 1-2 1. 
John 3 ; 22 -4: 3. 
John 4 : 4-42. 



27. John the Baptist Imprisoned. 

Matt. 14 : 3-5. Mark 6 : 17-20. Luke 3 : 19, 20. 

• 28. Jesus Withdraws to Galilee. 

Matt. 4: 12, Mark i : 14, 15. Luke 4 : 14, 15. John 4 : 43-45« 

29. The Nobleman's Son. 

John 4 : 46-54. 

30. Rejection at Nazareth. 

Luke 4 : 16-30. 

31. He Dwelt at Capernaum. 

Matt. 4 : 13-17. Luke 4 : 31. 

32. Four Apostles Called. 

Matt. 4 : 18-22. Mark i : 16-20. Luke 5 : i-ii. 

33. A Day of Miracles. 

Matt. 8 : 14-17. Mark i : 21-34. Luke 4 : 31-41. 

34. He Went About Doing Good. 

Matt. 4 : 23-25. Mark i : 35-39- Luke 4 : 42-44. 

35. A Leper Healed. 

Matt. 8 : 2-4. Mark i : 40-45. Luke 5 : 12-16. 



THE ORDER OF EVENTS. 

36. The Paralytic Forgiven. 

Matt. 9 : 2-8. Mark 2 : 1-12. Luke 5 : 17-26. 

Matthew Levi Called. 

Matt. 9 : 9. Mark 2 : 13, 14. Luke 5 : 27, 28. 

A Feast at Jerusalem ; Bethesda. 



Z1 

39 

40, 

41 
42 



Johns: 1-47. 



Sabbath Lessons. 

Matt. 12 : 1-2 1. Mark 2 : 23 ; 3:6. Luke 6 : i-ii. 

Multitudes Follow Him. 

Mark 3 : 7-12. 

Twelve Apostles Chosen. 

Mt.5 : 1,2 ; 10 : 2-4. Mark 3 : 13-19. Luke 6 : 12-19. 

The Sermon on the Mount. 
Matt. 5:3- 7 : 27. Luke 6 : 20-49 ; 11 : 1-13 ; 12 : 22-34; 

16:17. 

43. The Centurion's Servant. 

Matt. 7 : 28-8 : i, 5-13. Luke 7 : i-io. 

44. Raising the Dead at Nain. 

Luke 7 : 11-17. 

45. John the Baptist's Messengers. 

Matt. 11: 2-19. Luke 7 : 18-35; ^^'' 16. 

46. Anointing by a Sinner. 

Luke 7 : 36-50. 

47. A Grand Tour. 

Matt. 9 : 35-38. Mark 6 : 6. Luke 8 : 1-3. 

48. Healing the Dumb Demoniac. 

Matt. 12 : 22-45. Mark 3 : 19-30. Luke 11 : 14-32. 

49. My Mother and My Brethren. 

Matt. 12 : 46-50. Mark 3 : 31-35. Luke 8 : 19-21. 

50. A Day of Parables. 

Matt. 13 : 1-53. Mark 4 : 1-34. Luke 8 : 4-18; 11 : 33-36; 13 : 18-21. 

51. The Wind and the Sea Obey Him. 

Matt. 8 : 18-27. Mark 4 : 35-41. Luke 8 : 22-25. 

52. The Gadarene Demoniacs. 

Matt. 8 : 28-34. Mark 5 : 1-2 1. Luke 8 : 26-40. 

53. The Feast of Matthew Levi. 

Matt. 9 : 10-17. Mark 2 : 15-22. Luke 5 : 29-39. 

54. Jairus' Daughter and Others Cured. 

Matt. 9 : 18-34. Mark 5 : 22-43. Luke 8 : 41-56. 



8 THE ORDER OF EVENTS. 

55. Unbelief at Nazareth. 

Matt. 13 : 54-58. Mark 6 : 1-6. 

56. The Mission of the Twelve. 

Matt. 9 : 35 - II : i. Mark 6 : 7-13. Luke 9 : 1-6. 

57. Death of John Baptist. 

Matt. 14 : 1-12. Mark 6 : 14-29. Luke 9 : 7-9. 

58. Feeding the Five Thousand. 

Matt. 14 : 13-23. Mark 6 : 30-46, Luke 9 : 10-17. John 6 : 1-15. 

59. Walking on the Water. 

Matt. 14 : 24-36. Mark 6 : 47-56. John 6 : 16-21. 

60. The Bread of Life. 

John 6 : 22-71. 

61. Inward Cleansing, 

Matt. 15 : 1-20. Mark 7 : 1-23. 

62. The Sidonian Journey. 

Matt. 15 : 21-28. Mark 7 : 24-30. 

63. Many Miracles of Healing. 

Matt. 15 : 29-31. Mark 7 : 31-37. 

64. Four Thousand Fed. 

Matt. 15 : 32-39. Mark 8 : i-io. 

65. Pharisees Demand a Sign. 

• Matt. 16 : 1-12. Mark 8 : 11-21. 

66. The Blind Man at Bethsaida. 

Mark 8 : 22-26. , 

^']. The Great Confession. 

Matt. 16: 13-28. Mark 8: 27- 9: i. Luke 9 : 18-27. 

68. The Transfiguration. 

Matt. 17 : 1-13. Mark 9 : 2-13. Luke 9 : 28-36. 

69. The Demoniac Boy. 

Matt. 17 : 14-23. Mark 9 : 14-32. Luke 9 : 37-45. 

70. The Feast of Tabernacles. 

John 7 : I - 8 : 59. 

71. The Tribute Money. 

Matt. 17 : 24-27. 

72. True Greatness and Forgiveness. 

Matt. 18 : 1-35. Mark 9 ; 33-50. Luke 9 : 46-50 ; 17 ; 1-4. 

^-i^. He Set His Face to go to Jerusalem. 

Matt. 19 : I, 2. Mark 10 : i. Luke 9 : 51-62. 



THE ORDER OF EVENTS. 

74. The Mission of the Seventy. 

Matt. II : 20-30. ^Luke 10 : 1-24. 

75. Who Is My Neighbor? 

Luke 10 : 25-37. 

^(^. Warning against Phariseeism. 

Luke 11 : 37 - 12 : 12. 

77. Against Covetousness. 

Luke 12 : 13-21. 

78. " Men Looking for Their Lord." 

Luke 12 : 35-59. 

79. Lessons from Calamity. 

Luke 13 : 1-9. 

80. The Bowed Made Straight. 

Luke 13 : 10-17. 

81. " Are There Few That Be Saved .? " 

Luke 13 : 22-33. 

82. Lessons at a Supper. 



83. Counting the Cost. 

84. The Joy over a Penitent. 

85. The Unjust Steward. . 
Z6, Dives and Lazarus. 

87. Faith and Faithfulness. 

88. Ten Lepers Healed. 

Luke 17 : 11-19. 

89. The Coming of the Son of Man. 

Luke 17 : 20 - 18 : 

90. Acceptable Prayer. 

Luke 18 : 9-14. 

91. The Sacredness of Marriage. 

Matt. 19: 3-12. Mark 10: 2-12. Luke 16: 18. 

92. Christ Blessing Little Children. 

Matt. 19 : 13-15. Mark 10 : 13-16. Luke 18 : 15-17. 



Luke 14 : 1-24. 
Luke 14 : 25-35. 
Luke 15 : 1-32. 
Luke 16 : 1-17. 
Luke 16 : 18-31. 
Luke 17 : 5-10. 



10 THE ORDER OF EVENTS. 

93. The Young Ruler's Lesson. 

Mt. 19 : 16 - 20: 16, Mark 10 : 17-31. Luke 18 : 18-30. 

94. Visit to Mary and Martha. 

Luke 10 : 38-42. 

95. Healing One Born Blind. 

96. The Good Shepherd. 

97. The Feast of Dedication. 

98. The Raising of Lazarus. 



John 9 : 1-41. 
John 10 ; 1-21. 
John ID : 22-42. 
John II ; 1-54. 



99. " Going up to Jerusalem." 

Matt. 20 : 17-28. Mark 10 : 32-45. Luke 18 : 31-34. 

100. Blind Men at Jericho. 

Matt. 20 : 29-34. Mark 10 : 46-52. Luke 18 : 35-43. 

loi. Zaccheus' Conversion. 

Luke 19 : i-io. 

102. The Nobleman and His Servants. 

Luke 19 : 11-28. 

103. Mary Anoints Him at Bethany. 

Matt. 26 : 6-13. Mark 14 : 3-9. John 11 : 55 - 12 : 11. 

104. The Triumphal Entry. 

Matt. 21 : i-ii. Mark 11 : i-ii. Luke 19 : 29-44. John 12 : 12-19. 

105. The Temple Purified. 

Matt. 21 : 12-17. Mark 11 : u, 15-19. Luke 19 : 45-48 ; 21 : 37, 38, 

106. The Barren Fig-Tree. 

Matt. 21 : 18-22. Mark 11 : 12-14, 20-26. 

107. His Authority Challenged. 

Matt. 21 : 23-32. Mark 11 : 27-33. Luke 20 : 1-8. 

108. The Wicked Husbandmen. 

Matt. 21 : 33-46. Mark 12 : 1-12. Luke 20 : 9-19. 

109. The Marriage Feast. 

Matt. 22 : 1-14. 

1 10. Human and Divine Authority. 

Matt. 22 : 15-22. Mark 12 : 13-17. Luke 20 : 20-26. 

111. The Resurrection Life. 

Matt. 22 : 23-33. Mark 12 : 18-27. Luke 20 : 27-39. 



THE ORDER OF EVENTS. II 

112. Th'e Greatest Commandment. 

Matt. 22 : 34-40. Mark 12 : 28-34. 

113. How Is Christ the Son of David? 

Matt. 22 : 41-46. Mark 12 : 35-37. Luke 20 : 40-44. 

114. Warning against Hypocrites. 

Matt. 23. Mark 12 : 38-40. Luke 13 : 34, 35 ; 20 : 45-47. 

115. He Praises Genuine Benevolence. 

Mark 12 : 41-44. Luke 21 : 1-4. 

116. Greeks Seek Him. 

John 12 : 20-36. 

117. Jews Reject Him. 

John 12 : 37-50. 

118. The Destruction of Jerusalem and the End of the 

World Foretold. 

Mt. 24 : 1 - 25 : 13. Mark 13 : 1-37. Luke 21 : 5-36. 

119. The Parable of the Talents. 

Matt. 25 : 14-30. 

120. The Last Judgment. 

Matt. 25 : 30-40. 

121. Conspiracy against Jesus. 

Matt. 26 : 1-5, Mark 14: 1,2, 10, 11. Luke 22 : 1-6. . 

14-16. 

122. The Last Supper. 

Matt. 26 : 17-30. Mark 14 : 12-26. Luke 22 : 7-30. John 13 : 1-35. 

123. Farewell Conversation. 

Matt. 26 : 31-35. Mark 14 : 27-31. Luke 22 : 31-38. John 13 : 36-38; 14, 

15, 16. 

124. The Farewell Prayer. 

John 17. 

125. Gethsemane. 

Matt. 26 : 36-46. Mark 14 : 32-42. Luke 22 : 39-46. John 18 : i. 

126. The Betrayal and Arrest. 

Matt. 26 : 47-56. Mark 14 : 43-52. Luke 22 : 47-53. John 18: 2-12. 

127. Trial before the High Priests. 

Matt. 26 : 57-68. Mark 14 : 53-65. Luke 22 : 54, 63- John 18 : 13, 14, 

65. 19-24. 

128. Peter's Denial. 

Matt. 26 : 58, Mark 14 : 54 ; 66- Luke 22 : 54-62. John i8 : 15-18, 

69-75. 72. 25-27. 



12 THE ORDER OF EVENTS. 

129. Trial before the Council. 

Matt. 27 : I, 2 Mark 15 : i. Luke 22 : 66-71. 

130. Judas' Despair. 

Matt. 27 : 3-10. 

131. Trial before Pilate. 

Matt. 27 : 11-14, Mark 15 : 1-5. Luke 23 : 1-7. John 18 : 28-38; 
27-30. 19: 1-4. 

132. Trial before Herod. 

Luke 23 : 8-12. 

133. He Is Delivered unto Death. 

Matt. 27 : 14-28. Mark 15 : 6-20. Luke 23 : 13-25. John 18 : 39, 40 ; 
31- 19: 5-16. 

134. " He Went Out Bearing the Cross." 

Matt. 27 : 31, 32. Mark 15 : 21. Luke 23 : 26-32. John 19 : 16, 17. 

135. The Crucifixion. 

Matt. 27 : 33-56. Mark 15 : 22-41. Luke 23 : 33-49. John 19 : 18-37. 

136. The Burial. 

Matt. 27 : 57-66. Mark 15 : 42-47. Luke 23 : 50-56, John 19 : 38-42. 

137. The Resurrection. 

Matt. 28 : 1-8. Mark 16 : 1-8. Luke 24 : i-ii. John 20 : 10. 

i^. " He Showed Himself Alive." 

Matt. 28 : 9-15. Mark 16 : 9-18. Luke 24 : 12-49. John 20 : 11-29. 

139. " Lovest Thou Me ? " 

John 21 : 1-25. 

140. The Great Commission. 

Matt. 28 : 16-20. 

141. The Ascension. 

Mark 16 : 19,20. Luke 24 : 50-53. [Acts i : i-ii.] 

142. The Conclusion. 

John 20 : 30, 3 1. 



THE GOSPELS COMBINED. 



The Subject 

of 

the Book. 

Markl: i. 



THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus 
Christ the Son of God. 



2. 

The Object 

of the 

"Writers. 

Luke 1 : 1-4. 



FORASMUCH as many have taken in 
hand to draw up a narrative concern- 
ing those matters which have been fully- 
established among us, even as they delivered 
them unto us, who from the beginning were 
eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, it seemed good to 
me also, having traced the course of all things accurately 
from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent 
Theophilus ; that thou mightest know the certainty con- 
cerning the things wherein thou wast instructed. 



3. 

The 
Introduction. 
John 1 : 1-18. 



IN the beginning was the Word, and the 
Word was with God, and the Word was 
God. 

The same was in the beginning with God. 
All things were made through him; and 
without him was not anything made that hath been made. 
In him was life ; and the life was the light of men. And the 
light shineth in the darkness ; and the darkness apprehended 
it not. There came a man, sent from God, whose name 
was John. The same came for witness, that he might bear 
witness of the light, that all might believe through him. 

13 



14 THE HERALD FORETOLD. 

He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness 
of the Hght. There was the true light, [even the hght] which 
lighteth every man, coming into the world. He was in the 
world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew 
him not. He came unto his own, and they that were his 
own received him not. But as many as received him, to 
them gave he the right to become children of God, even to 
them that believe on his name : who were born, not of blood, 
nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of 
God. And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us 
(and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from 
the Father), full of grace and truth. 

John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was 
he of whom I said, He that cometh' after me is become 
before me: for he was before me. For of his fulness we 
all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given 
by Moses; grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man 
hath seen God at any time ; the only begotten Son, who is 
in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. 

THERE was in the days of Herod, 
king of Judaea, a certain priest nam.ed 
Zacharias, of the course of Abijah : and he 
had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and 
her name was Elisabeth. 
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all 
the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, 
and they both were well stricken in years. 

Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest's office 
before God in the order of his course, according to the 
custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the 
temple of the Lord and burn incense. And the whole 
multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of 
incense. And there appeared unto him an angel of the 



4. 

The Herald 

Foretold. 
Luke 1 : 5-25. 



THE HERALD FORETOLD. 15 

Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 
And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell 
upon him. But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zach- 
arias : because thy supplication is heard, and thy wife Elis- 
abeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name 
John. 

And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall 
rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of 
the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink ; and 
he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his 
mother's womb. And many of the children of Israel shall 
he turn unto the Lord their God. And he shall go before 
his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts 
of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to [walk 
in] the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared 
for the Lord. 

And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know 
this.^ for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in 
years. And the angel answering said unto him, I am 
Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God ; and I was sent 
to speak unto thee, and to bring thee these good tidings. 
And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, until 
the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou 
believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their 
season. And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and 
they marvelled while he tarried in the temple. And when 
he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they per- 
ceived that he had seen a vision in the temple : and he 
continued making signs unto them, and remained dumb. 
And it came to pass, when the days of his ministration 
were fulfilled, he departed unto his house. 

And after these days Elisabeth his wife conceived ; and 
she hid herself five months, saying. Thus hath the Lord 
done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon me, to 
take away my reproach among men. 



i6 



ANNUNCIATION TO MARY. 



5, 

Annunciation 

to 

Mary. 

Lukel: 26-38. 



N 



[OW in the sixth month the angel 
Gabriel was sent from God unto a 
city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin 
betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, 
of the house of David; and the virgin's 
name was Mary. And he came in unto her, and said. Hail, 
thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee. But she 
was greatly troubled at the saying, and cast in her mind 
what manner of salutation this might be. And the angel 
said unto her. Fear not, Mary : for thou hast found favour 
with God. And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, 
and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. He 
shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High : 
and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his 
father David: and he shall reign over the house of Jacob 
forever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. 

And Mary said unto the angel. How shall this be, seeing I 
know not a man ? And the angel answered and said unto her. 
The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the 
Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the 
holy thing which is begotten shall be called the son of God. 
And behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath con- 
ceived a son in her old age : and this is the sixth month with 
her that was called barren. For no word from God shall be 
void of power. And Mary said. Behold, the handmaid of 
the Lord ; be it unto me according to thy word. And the 
angel departed from her. 



AND Mary arose in these days and went 
into the hill country with haste, into a 
city of Judah ; and entered into the house of 
Zach arias and saluted Ehsabeth. And it 
came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the 
salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and 
Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit ; and she lifted up 



6. 

Mary's Visit 

to 

Elisabeth. 

Luke 1 : 39-56. 



BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. I7 

her voice with a loud cry, and said, Blessed art thou among 
women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence 
is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come unto 
me.'^ For behold, when the voice of thy salutation came 
into mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. And 
blessed is she that believed ; for there shall be a fulfilment 
of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord. 
And Mary said. My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my 
spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath looked 
upon the low estate of his handmaiden: for behold, from 
henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he 
that is mighty hath done to me great things ; and holy is his 
name. And his mercy is unto generations and generations 
on them that fear him. He hath shewed strength with his 
arm ; he hath scattered the proud in the im^agination of their 
heart. He hath put down princes from their thrones, and 
hath exalted them of low degree. The hungry he hath filled 
with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. 
He hath holpen Israel his servant, that he might remember 
mercy (as he spake unto our fathers) toward Abraham and 
his seed forever. And Mary abode with her about three 
nuonths, and returned unto her house. 



7. 

Birth of 

John 

the Baptist. 

Luke 1 : 57-80. 



N' 



fOW Elisabeth's time was fulfilled that 
she should be delivered ; and she 
brought forth a son. And her neigh- 
bours and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord 
had magnified his mercy towards her; and 
they rejoiced with her. And it came to pass on the eighth 
day, that they came to circumcise the child ; and they would 
have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. 
And his mother answered and said. Not so ; but he shall be 
called John. And they said unto her, There is none of thy 
kindred that is called by this name. And they made signs 
to his father, what he would have him called. And he asked 
for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying. His name is John. 



l8 THE GENEALOGY. 

And they marvelled all. And his mouth was opened imme- 
diately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, blessing God. 
And fear came on all that dwelt round about them : and all 
these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill 
country of Judaea. And all that heard them laid them up in 
their heart, saying, What then shall this child be ? For the 
hand of the Lord was with him. 

And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, 
and prophesied, saying, Blessed be the Lord, the God of 
Israel; for he hath visited and wrought redemption for his 
people, and hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the 
house of his servant David (as he spake by the mouth of his 
holy prophets which have been since the world began), sal- 
vation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate 
us ; to shew mercy towards our fathers, and to remember 
his holy covenant ; the oath which he sware unto Abraham 
our father, to grant unto us that we being delivered out of 
the hand of our enemies should serve him without fear, in 
holiness and righteousness before him all our days. Yea 
and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most 
High : for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make 
ready his ways; to give knowledge of salvation unto his 
people in the remission of their sins, because of the tender 
mercy of our God, whereby the dayspring from on high 
shall visit us, to shine upon them that sit in darkness and 
the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of 
peace. And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and 
was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. 

"T^HE book of the generation of Jesus 



8. 

The 

Genealogy. 

Matt. 1 : 1-17. 



Christ, the son of David, the son of 
Abraham. 

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat 
Jacob ; and Jacob begat Judah and his 
brethren; and Judah begat Perez and Zerah of Tamar; 



ANNUNCIATION TO JOSEPH. 19 

and Perez begat Hezron ; and Hezron begat Ram ; and 
Ram begat Amminadab ; and Amminadab begat Nahshon ; 
and Nahshon' begat Salmon ; and Sahnon begat Boaz of 
Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat 
Jesse ; and Jesse begat David the king. 

And David begat Solomon of her that had been the wife 
of Uriah ; and Solomon begat Rehoboam ; and Rehoboam 
begat Abijah; and Abijah begat Asa; and Asa begat 
Jehoshaphat; and Jehoshaphat begat Joram: and Joram 
begat Uzziah; and Uzziah begat Jotham; and Jotham be- 
gat Ahaz ; and Ahaz begat Hezekiah ; and Hezekiah begat 
Manasseh ; and Manasseh begat Amon ; and Amon begat 
Josiah; and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brethren, at 
the time of the carrying away to Babylon. 

And after the carrying away to Babylon, Jechoniah begat 
Shealtiel ; and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel ; and Zerubbabel 
begat Abiud ; and Abiud begat Eliakim ; and Eliakim be- 
gat Azor ; and Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; 
and Achim begat Eliud ; and Eliud begat Eleazar ; and 
Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; and 
Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was 
born Jesus, who is called Christ. 

So all the generations from Abraham unto David are 
fourteen generations ; and from D avid unto the carrying 
away to Babylon fourteen generations ; and from the carry- 
ing away to Babylon unto the Christ fourteen generations. 

NOW the birth of Jesus Christ was on this 
wise : When his mother Mary had been 
betrothed to Joseph, before they came together 
she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. 
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous 
man, and not willing to make her a public example, was 
minded to put her away privily. But when he thought on 
these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him 



9. 

Annunciation 

to 

Joseph. 

Matt. 1: 18-25. 



20 THE BIRTH OF JESUS. 

in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to 
take unto thee Mary tliy wife : for that which is conceived in 
her is of the Holy Spirit. And she shall bring forth a son; 
and thou shalt call his name Jesus ; for [it is] he [that] shall 
save his people from their sins. 

Now all this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a 
son, and they shall call his name Immanuel ; which is, 
being interpreted, God with us. And Joseph arose from 
his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded 
him, and took unto him his wife ; and knew her not till 
she had brought forth a son : and he called his name Jesus. 

NOW it came to pass in those days, there 
went out a decree from Caesar Augus- 
tus, that all the world should be enrolled. 
This was the first enrolment made when 
Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all 
went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city. 
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city 
of Nazareth, into Judaea, to the city of David, which is 
called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family 
of David; to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed 
to him, being great with child. And it came to pass, while 
they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be 
delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son ; and 
she wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a 
manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. 

AND there were shepherds in the same 
country abiding in the field, and keep- 
ing watch by night over their fiock. And 
an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the 
glory of the Lord shone round about them : 



10. 

The Birth 

of 

Jesus. 

Luke 2 : 1-7. 



11. 

The Angels 

and 

the Shepherds. 

Luke 2 : 8-20. 



THE CIRCUMCISION AND PRESENTATION. 21 

and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, 
Be not afraid ; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great 
joy which shall be to all the people : for there is born to you 
this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the 
Lord. And this is the sign unto you ; Ye shall find a babe 
wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger. And 
suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the 
heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in 
the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure among men. 

And it came to pass, when the angels went away from 
them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another. Let us 
now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is 
come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. 
And they came with haste, and found both Mary and 
Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger. And when they 
saw it, they made known concerning the saying which was 
spoken to them about this child. And all that heard it 
wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by 
the shepherds. But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering 
them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying 
and praising God for all the things that they had heard and 
seen, even as it was spoken unto them. 

AND when eight days were fulfilled for 
circumcising him, his name was called 
Jesus, which was so called by the angel be- 
fore he was conceived in the womb. 

And when the days of their purification 
according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, 
they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the 
Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male 
that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord), and 
to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law 
of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. 
And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name 



12. 

The 
Circumcision 

and 
Presentation. 

Luke 2 : 21-39. 



22 VISIT OF THE MAGI. 

was Simeon ; and this man was righteous and devout, look- 
ing for the consolation of Israel : and the Holy Spirit was 
upon him. And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy 
Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the 
Lord's Christ. And he came in the Spirit into the temple : 
and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, that they 
might do concerning him after the custom of the law, then 
he received him into his- arms, and blessed God, and said, 
Now lettest thou thy servant depart, O Lord, according to thy 
word, in peace ; for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which 
thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples ; a hght for 
revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. 
And his father and his mother were marveUing at the 
things which wxre spoken concerning him; and Simeon 
blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother. Behold, this 
child is set for the falling and rising up of many in Israel ; 
and] for a sign which is spoken against ; yea and a sword 
shall pierce through thine own soul; that thoughts out of 
many hearts may be revealed. And there was one Anna, a 
prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, 
(she was of a great age, having hved with a husband seven 
years from her virginity, and she had been a widow even 
unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the 
temple, worshipping with fastings and supphcations night and 
day. And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks 
unto God, and spake of him to all them that were looking 
for the redemption of Jerusalem. And when they had ac- 
complished all things that were according to the law of the 
Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. 

NOW when Jesus was born in Bethlehem 
of Judaea in the days of Herod the 
king, behold, wise men from the east came 
to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is 
born King of the Jews ? for we saw his star 



13. 

Visit 

of 

the Magi. 

Matt. 2: 1-12. 



FLIGHT AND RETURN. 23 

in the east, and are come to worship him. And when Herod 
the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with 
him. And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes 
of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should 
be born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea : 
for thus it is written by the prophet. And thou Bethlehem, 
land of Judah, art in no wise least among the princes of 
Judah : for out of thee shall come forth a governor, who shall 
be shepherd of my people Israel. 

Then Herod privily called the wise men, and learned of 
them carefully what time the star appeared. And he sent 
them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out carefully 
concerning the young child ; and when ye have found him, 
bring me word, that I also may come and worship him. And 
they, having heard the king, went their way ; and lo, the star, 
which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came 
and stood over where the young child was. And when they 
saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And 
they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary 
his mother ; and they fell down and worshipped him ; and 
opening their treasures they offered unto him gifts, gold and 
frankincense and myrrh. And being warned [of God] in a 
dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed 
into their own country another way. 

1\T0W when they were departed, behold, 



14. 

Flight 



and 
Return. 

Matt. 2: 13-23. 



an angel of the Lord appeareth to 
Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take 
the young child and his mother, and flee into 
Egypt, and be thou there until I tell thee : 
for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. And he 
arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and 
departed into Egypt; and was there until the death of 
Herod : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord 
through the prophet, saying. Out of Egypt did I call my son. 



24 CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH OF JESUS. 

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the 
wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew 
all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the 
borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to 
the time which he had carefully learned of the wise men. 
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the 
prophet, saying, A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and 
great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children ; and she 
would not be comforted, because they are not. 

But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord 
appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise and 
take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of 
Israel : for they are dead that sought the young child's life. 
And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and 
came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Arch- 
el^us was reigning over Judaea in the room of his father 
Herod, he was afraid to go thither; and being warned in a 
dream, he withdrew into the parts of Galilee, and came and 
dwelt in a city called Nazareth : that it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by the prophets, that he should be called 
a Nazarene. 

AND the child grew, and waxed strong, 
filled with wisdom : and the grace of 
God was upon him. 

And his parents went every year to Jerusa- 
lem at the feast of the passover. And when 
he was twelve years old, they went up after the custom of 
the feast ; and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were 
returning, the boy Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem ; and his 
parents knew it not ; but supposing him to be in the company, 
they went a day's journey ; and they sought for him among 
their kinsfolk and acquaintance : and when they found him 
not, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking for him. And it 
came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, 



15. 

Childhood and 

Youth 

of Jesus. 

Luke 2 : 40-52. 



THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 



25 



sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and 
asking them questions: and all that heard him were amazed 
at his understanding and his answers. 

And when they saw him they were astonished : and his 
mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with 
us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 
And he said unto them. 

How is it that ye sought me ? knew ye 
not that I must be in my Father's [house] ? 

And they understood not the saying which 



First Recorded 

"Words of 

Jesus. 



he spake unto them. 

And he went down with them, and came 
to Nazareth ; and he was subject unto them : 
and his mother kept all these sayings in her 



Obedient Years 

at 

Nazareth. 



heart. 

And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favour 
with God and men. 



16. 

The Ministry 
of John 

the Baptist. 
Matt. 3: 1-12. 

Mark 1 : 2-8. 

Luke 3: 1-18. 



NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of 
Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being 
governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch 
of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of 
the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and 
Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, in the high 
priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the 
word of God came into John the Baptist, the son of 
Zacharias, in the wilderness of Judaea. And he came into 
all the region round about Jordan, preaching the baptism of 
repentance into remission of sins, saying, Repent ye ; for the 
kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

For this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet? 
even as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah, 
Behold I send my messenger before thy face, who shall pre- 
pare thy way ; the voice of one crying in the wilderness 
Make ye ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 



26 THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 

Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall 
be brought low ; and the crooked shall become straight, and 
the rough ways smooth ; and all flesh shall see the salvation 
of God. 

Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a 
leathern girdle about his loins ; and his food was locusts and 
wild honey. Then went out unto him all they of Jerusalem, 
and all the country of Judaea, and all the region round about 
Jordan ; and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, 
confessing their sins. But when he saw many of the 
Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism he said there- 
fore unto them. Ye offspring of vipers, who hath warned you 
to flee from the wrath to come ? Bring forth, therefore, fruits 
worthy of repentance : and think not to say within your- 
selves. We have Abraham for our father : for I say unto you 
that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto 
Abraham. And even now the axe is laid unto the root of the 
trees : every tree, therefore that bringeth not forth good 
fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. 

And the multitudes asked him, saying. What, then, must 
we do ? And he answered and said unto them, He that hath 
two coats, let him impart to him that hath none ; and he 
that hath food let him do Hkewise. And there came also 
publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him. Master, 
what must we do ? And he said unto them. Extort no more 
than that which is appointed you. And soldiers also asked 
him, saying, And we, what must we do ? And he said unto 
them. Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse any 
one wrongfully ; and be content with your wages. 

And as the people were in expectation, and all men 
reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he 
were the Christ ; John answered, saying unto them all, I 
indeed baptize you with water unto repentance ; but he that 
cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not 
worthy to bear : he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit 



17. 

The Baptism 

of Jesus. 
Matt. 3: 13-17. 
Mark 1 : 9-1 1. 
Luke 3 : 21,22. 



HIS AGE AND LINEAGE. 27 

and with fire : whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly 
cleanse his threshing-floor ; and he will gather his wheat into 
the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable 
fire. With many other exhortations therefore preached he 
the gospel unto the people. 

NOW it came to pass in those days, when 
all the people were baptized, that Jesus 
also came from Nazareth of Gahlee to the 
Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 
But John would have hindered him, saying, 
I have need to be baptized of thee, and 
comest thou to me? But Jesus answering said unto him, 
Suffer it now, for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteous- 
ness. Then he suffered him. And Jesus, when he was 
baptized, went up straightway from the water, praying : and 
lo, the heavens were opened unto him and he saw the Spirit 
of God descending in a bodily form as a dove, and coming 
upon him ; and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, Thou 
art my beloved Son ; in thee I am well pleased. 

AND Jesus himself, when he began [to 
teach], was about thirty years of age, 
being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, 
the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son 
of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, 
the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, 
the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son 
of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of 
Joda, the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerub" 
babel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, 
the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the 
son of Er, the son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of 
Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Symeon, 
the son of Judas, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son 
of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of 



18. 

His Age 
and Lineage. 

Luke 3: 23-38. 



28 TEMPTATION IN THE WILDERNESS. 

Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of 
Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, 
the son of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, the son of 
Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the 
son of Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug, the son of 
Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, the 
son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, 
the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, 
the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the 
son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of 
Adam, the son of God. 

AND Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned 
from the Jordan and was straightway 
led forth by the Spirit into the wilderness to 
be tempted of the devil ; and he was with the 
wild beasts ; and he did eat nothing in those 
days. And when he had fasted forty days 
and forty nights, being tempted of Satan, he 
afterward hungered. And the tempter came and said unto 
him, if thou art the Son of God, command that these stones 
become bread. But Jesus answered and said unto him. It is 
written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every 
word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 

Then the devil led him into the holy city, Jerusalem, and 
set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him. If 
thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence : for 
it is written. He shall give his angels charge concerning 
thee, to guard thee : and, on their hands they shall bear thee 
up, lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone. And 
Jesus answering said unto him. Again it is written, Thou 
Shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 

Again the devil led him up unto an exceeding high moun- 
tain and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world and 



19. 

Temptation 

in the 

Wilderness, 

Matt. 4: i-ii. 

Markl; 12,13. 

Luke 4: 1-13. 



JOHN'S TESTIMONY CONCERNING JESUS. 29 

the glory of them in a moment of time. And the devil said 
unto him, All these things will I give thee, and to thee will I 
give all this authority, and the glory of them : for it hath 
been delivered unto me ; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 
If thou therefore wilt fall down and worship me, it shall 
all be thine. Then Jesus answered and said unto him, Get 
thee hence, Satan ; for it is written, Thou shalt worship 
the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. And 
when the devil had completed every temptation, he de- 
parted from him for a season; and behold, angels came, 
and ministered unto him. 



20. 

John's 
Testimony 
Concerning 

Jesus. 
John 1 : 19-34- 



AND this is : 
Jews seni 



the witness of John, when the 
sent unto him from Jerusalem 
priests and Levites to ask him, Who art 
thou ? And he confessed, and denied not ; 
and he confessed, I am not the Christ. 
And they asked him, What then ? Art thou 
Elijah.^ And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? 
And he answered, No. They said therefore unto him. Who 
art thou ? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. 
What sayest thou of thyself ? He said, I am the voice of 
one crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the 
Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet. 

And they had been sent from the Pharisees. And they 
asked him, and said unto him. Why then baptizest thou, if 
thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet? 
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water : in the 
midst of you standeth one whom ye know not, even he that 
cometh after me, the iatchet of whose shoe I am not worthy 
to unloose. These things were done in Bethany beyond 
Jordan, where John was baptizing. 

On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto 
him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, 
who taketh away the sin of the world ! This 



Jesus the 
Lamb of God. 



21. 

The First 

Disciples. 

John 1: 35-51. 



30 THE FIRST DISCIPLES. 

is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is [become] 
before me : for he was before me. And I knew him not ; but 
that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause 
came I baptizing with water. And John bare witness, say- 
ing, I have beheld the Spirit de-scending as a dove out of 
heaven ; and it abode upon him. And I knew him not : but 
he that sent me to baptize with water, he said unto me. Upon 
whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abid- 
ing upon him, the same is he that baptizeth with the Holy 
Spirit. And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is 
the Son of God. 

AGAIN on the morrow John was stand- 
ing, and two of his disciples : and he 
looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, 
Behold, the Lamb of God ! And the two 
disciples heard him speak, and they followed 
Jesus. And Jesus turned, and beheld them following, and 
saith unto them. What seek ye ? And they said unto him, 
Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Master), where 
abidest thou ? He saith unto them, Come, and ye shall see. 
They came therefore and saw where he abode ; and they 
abode with him that day : it was about the tenth hour. One 
of the two that heard John speak, and followed him, was 
Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He findeth first his own 
brother Simon, and saith unto him. We have found the Mes- 
siah (which is, being interpreted, Christ). He brought him 
unto Jesus. Jesus looked upon him, and said. Thou art 
Simon the son of John : thou shalt be called Cephas (which 
is by interpretation, Peter). 

On the morrow he was minded to go forth into Galilee, 
and he findeth Philip : and Jesus saith unto him, Follow me. 
Now Phihp was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and 
Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We 
have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, 



THE FIRST MIRACLE I WATER MADE WINE. 3I 

did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And 
Nathanael said unto him. Can any good thing come out of 
Nazareth ? PhiHp saith unto him, Come and see. Jesus saw 
Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him. Behold, an 
Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile ! Nathanael saith 
unto him, Whence knowest thou me ? Jesus answered and 
said unto him, Before Philip called thee, when thou wast 
under the fig tree, I saw thee. Nathanael answered him, 
Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel. 
Jesus answered and said unto him. Because I said unto thee, 
I saw thee underneath the fig tree, believest thou ? thou 
shalt see greater things than these. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, Ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels 
of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. 

AND the third day there was a marriage 
in Cana of Galilee ; and the mother of 
Jesus was there : and Jesus also was bidden, 
and his disciples, to the marriage. And 
when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus 
saith unto him, They have no wine. And 
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee ? 
mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the ser- 
vants. Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. Now there were 
six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of 
purifying, containing two or three iirkins apiece. Jesus saith 
unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled 
them up to the brim. And he saith unto them, Draw out 
now, and bear unto the ruler of the feast. And they bare 
it. 

And when the ruler of the feast tasted the water now 
become wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants 
which had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast 
calleth the bridegroom, and saith unto him. Every man 
setteth on first the good wine ; and when men have drunk 



22. 

The 
First Miracle : 

Water 
Made Wine. 

John 2 • 1-12. 



32 THE PASSOVER AT JERUSALEM. 

freely, then that which is worse : thou hast kept the good 
wine until now. This beginning of his signs did Jesus in 
Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples 
beheved on him. After this he went down to Capernaum, 
he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples : and 
there they abode not many days. 



23. 

The Passover 

at 

Jerusalem. 

John 8: 13-25- 



AND the passover of the Jews was at 
hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 
And he found in the temple those that sold 
oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers 
of money sitting : and he made a scourge of 
cords, and cast all out of the temple, both the sheep and 
the oxen ; and he poured out the changers' money, and over- 
threw their tables; and to them that sold the doves he 
said, Take these things hence ; make not my Father's 
house a house of merchandise. His disciples remembered 
that it was written, The zeal for thy house shall eat me 
up. 

The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What 
sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these 
things ? Jesus answered and said unto them. Destroy this 
temple, and in three days I will raise it up. The Jews 
therefore said, P^orty and six years was this temple in build- 
ing, and wilt thou raise it up in three days.^ But he spake 
of the temple of his body ? When therefore he was raised 
from the dead, his disciples remembered that he spake this ; 
and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus 
had said. 

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, during 
the feast, many believed on his name, beholding his signs 
which he did. But Jesus did not trust himself unto them, 
for that he knew all men, and because he needed not that 
any one should bear witness concerning man ; for he himself 
knew what was in man. 



24. 

Visit 

of 

Nicodemus. 

John 3 : 1-2 1. 



VISIT OF NICODEMUS. 33 

NOW there was a man of the Pharisees, 
named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews : 
the same came unto him by night, and said 
to him. Rabbi, we know that thou art a 
teacher come from God: for no man can 
do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him. 
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say 
unto thee, Except a man be born anew, he cannot see the 
kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a 
man be born when he is old ? can he enter a second time 
into his mother's womb, and be born.^ Jesus answered, 
Verily, verily, I say unto thee. Except a man be born 
of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the king- 
dom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh ; 
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not 
that I said unto thee. Ye must be born anew. The wind 
bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the voice thereof, 
but knowestnot whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : so 
is every one that is born of the Spirit. 

Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these 
things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou 
the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things ? 
Verily, verily, I say unto thee. We speak that we do know, 
and bear witness of that we have seen ; and ye receive not 
our witness. If I told you earthly things, and ye believe 
not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you heavenly things ? 
And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that de- 
scended out of heaven, even the Son of man, who is in 
heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilder- 
ness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up : that 
whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life. 

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begot- 
ten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not 
perish, but have eternal life. For God sent not the Son 
into the world to judge the world; but that the world 



34 BAPTIZING IN JUDEA. 

should be saved through him. He that belie veth on him 
is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged 
already, because he hath not believed on the name of the 
only begotten Son of God. And this is the judgment, that 
the light is come into the world, and men loved the dark- 
ness rather than the light ; for their works were evil. For 
every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not 
to the light, lest his works should be reproved. But he 
that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works 
may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in 
God. 



25. 

Baptizing 

in 

Judea. 

John 3 : 22 - 4 : 3. 



AFTER these things came Jesus and 
his disciples into the land of Judaea ; 
and there he tarried with them, and bap- 
tized. And John also was baptizing in 
^non near to Salim, because there was 
much water there : and they came, and were baptized. For 
John was not yet cast into prison. There arose therefore a 
questioning on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about 
purifying. And they came unto John, and said to him, 
Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou 
hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men 
come to him. John answered and said, A man can receive 
nothing, except it have been given him from heaven. 

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the 
Christ, but, that I am sent before him. He that hath the 
bride is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, 
who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of 
the bridegroom's voice : this my joy therefore is made full. 
He must increase, but I must decrease. 

He that cometh from above is above all : he that is of the 
earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh : he that 
cometh from heaven is above all. What he hath seen and 
heard, of that he beareth witness ; and no man receiveth 



THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA. 35 

his witness. He that hath received his witness hath set his 
seal to this, that God is true. For he whom God hath sent 
speaketh the words of God : for he giveth not the Spirit by 
measure. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all 
things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath 
eternal life ; but he that believeth not the Son shall not see 
life, but the wrath of God abideth on him. 

When therefore the Lord knew how that the Pharisees 
had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples 
than John (although Jesus himself baptized not, but his 
disciples), he left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. 



26. 

The 
Woman of 

Samaria. 
John 4 : 4-42. 



A ND he must needs pass through Samaria. 



So he cometh to a city of Samaria, 
called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground 
that Jacob gave to his son Joseph : and 
Jacob's well was there. J esus therefore being 
wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about 
the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw 
water: Jesus saith unto her. Give me to drink. For his 
disciples were gone away into the city to buy food. The 
Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him. How is it 
that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Sa- 
maritan woman ? (For Jews have no dealings with Samar- 
itans.) 

Jesus answered and said unto her. If thou knewest the 
gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to 
drink ; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would 
have given thee living water. The woman saith unto him. 
Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep : 
from whence then hast thou that living water ? Art thou 
greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and 
drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle ? Jesus 
answered and said unto her. Every one that drinketh of this 
water shall thirst again : but whosoever drinketh of the 



36 THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA. 

water that I shall give him shall never thirst ; but 
the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well 
of water springing up unto eternal life. 

The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that 
I thirst not, neither come all the way hither to draw. Jesus 
saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. 
The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband. 
Jesus saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband : 
for thou hast had five husbands ; and he whom thou now hast 
is not thy husband : this hast thou said truly. The woman 
saith unto him. Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our 
fathers worshipped in this mountain ; and ye say, that in 
Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 

Jesus saith unto her. Woman, believe me, the hour 
Cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, 
shall ye worship the Father. Ye worship that which ye 
know not : we worship that which we know : for salvation 
is from the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when 
the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and 
truth : for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers. 
God is a Spirit : and they that worship him must worship 
in spirit and truth. The woman saith unto him, I know that 
Messiah cometh (who is called Christ) : when he is come, 
he will declare unto us all things. Jesus saith unto her, 
I that speak unto thee am he. 

And upon this came his disciples; and they marvelled 
that he was speaking with a woman ; yet no man said. What 
seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her? So the 
woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and 
saith to the men. Come, see a man who told me all things 
that ever I did: can this be the Christ? They went out of 
the city, and were coming to him. In the mean while the 
disciples prayed him, saying. Rabbi, eat. But he said unto 
them, I have meat to eat that ye know not. The disciples 
therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him 



JOHN THE BAPTIST IMPRISONED. 37 

aught to eat? Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the 
will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work. 
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh 
the harvest ? behold, I say unto you. Lift up your eyes, 
and look on the fields, that they are white already unto 
harvest. He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth 
fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth, and he that 
reapeth may rejoice together. For herein is the saying 
true. One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you to reap 
that whereon ye have not laboured : others have laboured, 
and ye are entered into their labour. 

And many of the Samaritans from that city believed on 
him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He 
told me all things that ever I did. So when the Samaritans 
came unto him, they besought him to abide with them : and 
he abode there two days. And many more believed because 
of his word ; and they said to the woman, Now we believe, 
not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for our- 
selves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the 
world. 



27. 

John the 
Baptist 
Imprisoned. 
Matt. 14: 3-5. 
Mark 6 : 17-20. 
Luke 3 : 19, 20. 



B 



UT Herod the tetrarch sent forth and 
laid hold on John the Baptist, and 



bound him, and put him in prison, for the 
sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife ; 
for he had married her. For John said 
unto him. It is not lawful for thee to have 
thy brother's wife. But Herod, being re- 
proved by him for Herodias, and for all the evil things which 
Herod had done, added yet this above all, that he shut up 
John in prison. And when he would have put him to death, 
he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a 
prophet. And Herodias set herself against him and desired 
to kill him ; and she could not, for Herod feared John, 
knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept 



38 



JESUS WITHDRAWS TO GALILEE. 



him safe. And when he heard him he was much perplexed ; 
and he heard him gladly. 



NOW after the two days, when Jesus 
heard that John was delivered up, he 
went forth from thence, and withdrew into 
Galilee. For Jesus himself testified that a 
prophet hath no honor in his own country. 
So when he came, the Galilaeans received 
him, having seen all things that he did in 
Jerusalem at the feast : for they also went 
unto the feast. And Jesus returned in the power of the 
Spirit. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified 
of all, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, The time is 
fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand : repent ye, 
and believe in the gospel. And a fame went out concerning 
him through all the regions round about. 



28. 

Jesus 

"Withdraws 

to 

Galilee. 

Matt. 4: 12. 
Mark 1 : 14, 15. 
Luke 4 : 14, 15. 
John 4: 43-45- 



* 29. 

The 

Nobleman's 

Son. 

John 4 : 46-54. 



HE came therefore again unto Cana of 
Galilee, where he made the water 
wine. And there was a certain nobleman, 
whose son was sick at Capernaum. When 
he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea 
into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he 
would come down, and heal his son ; for he was at the point 
of death. Tesus therefore said unto him. Except ye see 
signs and wonders, ye will in no wise believe. The noble- 
man saith unto him. Sir, come down ere my child die. Jesus 
saith unto him. Go thy way; thy son liveth. The man 
believed the word that Jesus spake unto him, and he went 
his way. 

And as he was now going down, his servants met him, 
saying, that his son lived. So he inquired of them the 
hour when he began to amend. They said therefore unto 
him. Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. So 



REJECTION AT NAZARETH. 39 

the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said 
unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself beUeved, and his 
whole house. This is again the second sign that Jesus did, 
having come out of Judaea into Galilee. 



30. 

Rejection 

at 

Nazareth. 

Luke 4 : 16-30. 



A' 



ND he came to Nazareth, where he had 
been brought up : and he entered, as 
his custom was, into the synagogue on the 
sabbath da}^, and stood up to read. And 
there was delivered unto him the book of 
the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found 
the place where it was written. The Spirit of the Lord is 
upon me, because he anointed me to preach good tidings to 
the poor : he hath sent me to proclaim release to the cap- 
tives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty 
them that are bruised, to -proclaim the acceptable year of the 
Lord. 

And he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, 
and sat down : and the eyes of all in the synagogue were 
fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, To-day 
hath this scripture been fulfilled in your ears. And all bare 
him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which pro- 
ceeded out of his mouth : and they said. Is not this Joseph's 
son? 

And he said unto them, Doubtless ye will say unto me 
this parable, Physician, heal thyself : whatsoever we have 
heard done at Capernaum, do also here in thine own country. 
And he said. Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accept- 
able in his own country. But of a truth I say unto you, 
There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, 
when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, 
when there came a great famine over all the land ; and unto 
none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the 
land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And there 
were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the pro- 



40 



HE DWELT AT CAPERNAUM. 



phet ; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman 
the Syrian. And they were all filled with wrath in the syna- 
gogue, as they heard these things ; and they rose up, and 
cast him forth out of the city, and led him unto the brow of 
the hill whereon their city was built, that they might throw 
him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of 
them went his way. 



AND leaving Nazareth he came down and 
dwelt in Capernaum, a city of Galilee, 



31. 

He Dwelt 

at 

Capernaum. 

Matt. 4: 13-17. 
Luke 4 : 31. 



which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebu- 
lun and Naphtali : that it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, 
saying. The land of Zebulun and the land of 
Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the 
Gentiles : the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, 
and to them who sat in the region and shadow of death, to 
them did light spring up. 



32. 

Four 

Apostles 

Called. 

Matt. 4 : 18-22. 

Mark 1 : 16-20. 

Luke 5: i-ii. 



NOW it came to pass, while the multitude 
pressed upon him, and heard the word 
of God, that he was standing by the lake of 
Gennesaret, the sea of Galilee ; and passing 
along he saw two boats standing by the lake ; 
but the fishermen, two brethren, Simon who 
is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, had gone out of 
them, and were washing their nets. And he entered into one 
of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a 
Httle from the land. And he sat down and taught the multi- 
tudes out of the boat. And when he had left speaking, he 
said unto Simon, Put out into the deep, and let down your 
nets for a draught. And Simon answered and said. Master, 
we toiled all night, and took nothing : but at thy word I will 
let down the nets. And when they had this done, they 
inclosed a great multitude of fishes ; and their nets were 



A DAY OF MIRACLES. 41 

breaking ; and they beckoned unto their partners in th^ 
other boat, that they should come and help them. And 
they came, and filled both the boats, so that they began to 
sink. But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' 
knees, saying. Depart from me ; for I am a sinful man, O 
Lord. 

For he was amazed, and all that were with him, at the 
draught of the fishes which they had taken ; and so were 
also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners 
with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from 
henceforth thou shalt catch men. And he said unto them, 
Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of 
men. And when they had brought their boats to land, they 
straightway left the nets and all, and followed him. And 
going on from thence a little further, he saw other two 
brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, 
in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets ; 
and he called them. And they straightway left the boat 
and their father with the hired servants, and followed 
him. 

AND they go into Capernaum, and 
straightway on the sabbath day he 
entered into the synagogue and taught. And 
they were astonished at his teaching : for he 
taught them as having authority, and not as 
the scribes. And straightway there was in 
their synagogue a man who had a spirit of an 
unclean devil ; and he cried out with a loud voice. Ah ! what 
have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth ? art thou 
come to destroy us ? I know thee who thou art, the Holy 
One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy 
peace, and come out of him. And when the unclean spirit, 
tearing him and crying with a loud voice, had thrown him 
down in the midst, he came out of him, having done him no 



33. 

A Day 

of 

Miracles. 

Matt. 8: 14-17. 

Mark 1 : 21-34. 

Luke 4 : 31-41. 



42 HE WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD. 

hurt. And amazement came upon all, insomuch that they 
spake together, one with another, saying, What is this word ? 
a new teaching ? for with authority and power he command- 
eth even the unclean spirits, and they obey him and come 
out. And there went forth a rumour concerning him into 
every place of the region round about Galilee. 

And he rose up from the synagogue, and entered into the 
house of Simon Peter and Andrew, with James and John. 
And Simon's wife's mother lay sick, holden with a great 
fever ; and straightway they besought him for her. 

And he came and stood over her, and rebuked the fever, 
and took her by the hand and raised her up ; and the fever 
left her; and immediately she arose, and ministered unto 
them. 

And when even was come and the sun was setting, all they 
that had any sick with divers diseases, and possessed with 
devils brought them unto him. And all the city was gathered 
together at the door. And he laid his hands on every one of 
them, and healed them ; that it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying. Himself took our in- 
firmities, and bare our diseases. And he cast out the spirits 
from many with a word ; and they knew him, and came out, 
crying. Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he 
suffered them not to speak, because they knew that he was 
the Christ. 

AND in the morning, a great while before 
day, he rose up and went out, and 
departed into a desert place, and there 
prayed. And Simon and they that were with 
him and the multitudes sought after him, and 
followed him ; and they found him, and would 
have stayed him that he should not go from 
them. And they say unto him, All are seeking thee. But he 
said unto them, I must preach the good tidings of the 



34. 

He Went 
About 
Doing Good. 
Matt. 4: 23-25. 
Mark 1 : 35-39. 
Luke 4 : 42-44. 



A LEPER HEALED. 43 

Kingdom of God to the other cities also : for therefore 
was I sent. Let us go elsewhere into the next towns, 
that I may preach there also ; for to this end came I 
forth. 

And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their syna- 
gogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and cast- 
ing out devils, and healing all manner of sickness among the 
people. And the report of him went forth into all Syria : and 
they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers 
diseases and torments, possessed with devils, and epileptic, 
and palsied ; and he healed them. And there followed him 
great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem 
and Judaea and from beyond Jordan. 



35. 

A 

Leper Healed. 

Matt. 8: 2-4. 
Mark 1: 40-45. 
Luke .5 : 12-16. 



AND it came to pass, while he was in 
one of the cities, behold, a man full of 
leprosy. And when the leper saw Jesus, 
he came to him, and kneeling down to him, 
he fell on his face and worshipped him, and 
besought him, saying unto him. Lord, if 
thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And being moved with 
compassion, Jesus stretched forth his hand and touched him, 
saying, I will ; be thou made clean. And straightway his 
leprosy departed from him and he was made clean. And 
Jesus strictly charged him and straightway sent him out, and 
saith unto him. See thou say nothing to any man : but go, 
shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift for thy 
cleansing, the things which Moses cornmanded for a testi- 
mony unto them. But he went out and began to publish it 
so much the more, and to spread abroad the report concerning 
him ; insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into a 
city, but was without in desert places : and great multitudes 
came together to him from every quarter, to hear, and to be 
healed of their infirmities. But he withdrew himself in the 
deserts, and prayed. 



44 THE PARALYTIC FORGIVEN. 

AND when he entered again into Caper- 
naum after some days, it came to pass 
on one of those days that he was teaching. 
And it was noised that he was in the house. 
And there were Pharisees and doctors of the 
law sitting by, who were come out of every 



36. 

The Paralytic 

Forgiven. 
Matt. 9 : 2-8. 
Mark 2 : 1-12. 
Luke 5 : 17-26. 



village of Galilee and Judaea and Jerusalem : and the power 
of the Lord was with him to heal. And many were gathered 
together, so that there was no longer room, no, not even 
about the door ; and he spake the word unto them. 

And behold, men brought to him a man sick of the palsy, 
lying on a bed, borne of four ; and they sought to bring him 
in, and to lay him before him. And when they could not 
come nigh him for the crowd, they went up to the house-top, 
and uncovered the roof where he was ; and when they had 
broken it up they let down the bed whereon the sick of the 
palsy lay, through the tiles, into the midst before Jesus. 
And Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the sick of the palsy, 
Man, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee. 

And behold, certain of the scribes and Pharisees sitting 
there began to reason within themselves, saying, Why doth 
this man thus speak ? He blasphemeth. Who can forgive 
sins but God alone ? And straightway Jesus, perceiving in 
his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, answered 
and said unto them. Why reason ye these things in your 
hearts ? Wherefore think ye evil ? Whether is easier to 
say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or 
to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk ? But that ye 
may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to 
forgive sins, (he said to the sick of the palsy) I say unto 
thee, Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thy house. 

And immediately he rose up, and straightway took up the 
bed whereon he lay, and went forth before them all, and de- 
parted to his house glorifying God. And amazement took 
hold on all, and when the multitudes saw it they glorified 



A FEAST AT JERUSALEM ; BETHESDA. 



45 



God, who had given such power unto men ; and they were 
filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day ; 
we never saw it on this fashion. 



AND after these things, as Jesus passed 
forth from thence, he saw a publican 
named Levi, the son of Alpheus, called 
Matthew, sitting at the place of toll ; and 
said unto him, Follow me. And he forsook 
all, and arose and followed him. And he 
went forth again by the seaside ; and all the multitudes 
resorted unto him, and he taught them. 



37. 

Matthew Levi 

Called. 

Matt. 9 : 9. 

Mark 3: 13, 14. 

Luke 5: 27. 28 



38. 

A Feast 

at Jerusalem ; 

Bethesda. 

John 5. 



AFTER these things there was a feast of 
the Jews : and Jesus went up to Jeru- 
salem, 

Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep 
gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew 
Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a multitude of 
them that were sick, blind, halt, withered. 

And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and 
eight years in his infirmity. When Jesus saw him lying, and 
knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith 
unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole ? The sick man 
answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is trou- 
bled, to put me into the pool : but while I am coming, 
another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him. 
Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. And straightway the 
man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. 

Now it was the sabbath on that day. So the Jews said 
unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not law- 
ful for thee to take up thy bed. But he answered them. He 
that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy 
bed, and walk. They asked him, Who is the man that said 
unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? But he that was 



46 A FEAST AT JERUSALEM ; BETHESDA. 

healed knew not who it was : for Jesus had conveyed himself 
away, a multitude being in the place. 

Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto 
him, Behold, thou art made whole : sin no more, lest a 
worse thing befall thee. The man went away, and told 
the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole. 
And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, because he 
did these things on the sabbath. But Jesus answered them, 
My Father worketh even until now, and I work. For this 
cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because 
he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own 
Father, making himself equal with God. 

Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing 
of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing : for what 
things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like 
manner. For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him 
all things that himself doeth : and greater works than 
these will he shew him, that ye may marvel. For as the 
Father raiseth the dead and quickeneth them, even so the 
Son also quickeneth whom he will. For neither doth 
the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment 
unto the Son ; that all may honour the Son, even as they 
honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honour- 
eth not the Father who sent him. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that heareth my word, 
and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and 
Cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death 
into life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, 
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son 
of God ; and they that hear shall live. For as the Father 
hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to 
have life in himself: and he gave him authority to execute 
judgment, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at 
this : for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the 



A FEAST AT JERUSALEM ; BETHESDA. 47 

tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that 
have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they 
that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. 

I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge : and my 
judgment is righteous : because I seek not mine own will, 
but the will of him that sent me. If I bear witness of my- 
self, my witness is not true, there is another that beareth 
witness of me ; and I know that the witness which he wit- 
nesseth of me is true. Ye have sent unto John, and he 
hath borne witness unto the truth. But the witness which 
I receive is not from man : howbeit I say these things, 
that ye may be saved. He was the lamp that burneth and 
shineth : and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his 
light. But the witness which I have is greater than that 
of John : for the works which the Father hath given me to 
accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, 
that the Father hath sent me. And the Father who sent 
me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard 
his voice at any time, nor seen his form. And ye have not 
his word abiding in you : for whom he sent, him ye believe 
not. Search the scriptures, because ye think that in them 
ye have eternal life : and these are they which bear witness 
of me ; and ye will not come to me, that ye may have 
life. I receive not glory from men. But I know you, that 
ye have not the love of God in yotirselves. I am come in 
my Father's name, and ye receive me not : if another shall 
come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye 
believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory 
that Cometh from the only God ye seek not ? Think not 
that I will accuse you to the Father : there is one that 
accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope. 
For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me ; for he 
wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall 
ye believe my words ? 



48 SABBATH LESSONS. 

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39. 

Sabbath 

Lessons. 

Matt. 12: 1-2 1. 

Mark 3 : 23 - 3 : 6, 
Luke 6: i-ii. 



T that season it came to pass that Jesus 
was going on the sabbath day through 
the cornfields ; and his disciples were an 
hungered, and began as they went to pluck 
ears of corn and to eat, rubbing them in 
their hands. But certain of the Pharisees 
when they saw it, said unto him, Behold why do thy disciples 
do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath ? But 
Jesus said unto them. Have ye never read even this, what 
David did when he had need and was an hungered, and 
they that were with him ; how he entered into the house of 
God, when Abiathar was high priest, and did eat the shew- 
bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for 
them that were with him, but only for the priests, and gave 
also to them that were with him ? Or have ye not read in 
the law, how that on the sabbath day the priests in the 
temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless ? But I say 
unto you, that one greater than the temple is here. But if 
ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and 
not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. 
The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sab- 
bath : so that the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath. 
And he departed thence, and it came to 
pass on another sabbath that he entered again 
into their synagogue and taught. And there 



The Man with 

the ^Vithe^ed 

Hand. 



was a man there who had his right hand withered. And the 
scribes and the Pharisees watched him, whether he would 
heal him on the sabbath day ; that they might find how to 
accuse him. But he knew their thoughts ; and he said to the 
man that had his hand withered, Rise up, and stand forth in 
the midst. And he arose and stood forth. And they asked 
him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day ? And 
Jesus said to them, I ask you. Is it lawful on the sabbath to 
do good or to do harm ? to save a life or to destroy it ? 
What man shall there be of you, that shall have one sheep, 



TWELVE APOSTLES CHOSEN. 



49 



and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay 
hold on it, and lift it out ? Of how much more value, then, 
is a man than a sheep ? Wherefore it is lawful to do good 
on the sabbath day. But they held their peace. And he 
looked round about on them all with anger, being grieved at 
the hardening of their heart, and said unto the man, Stretch 
forth thy hand. And he did so ; and his hand was restored 
whole, as the other. But the Pharisees were filled with 
madness ; and communed one with another what they might 
do to Jesus; and went out and straightway with the 
Herodians took counsel against him, how they might destroy 
him. 



40. 

Multitudes 
Follow Him. 
Mark 3 : 7-12. 



ND Jesus with his disciples withdrew to 



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Galilee followed : and from Judaea, and from 
Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond 
Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a great 
multitude, hearing what great things he did, came unto him. 
And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait 
on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him : 
for he had healed many ; insomuch that as many as had 
plagues pressed upon him that they might touch him. And 
the unclean spirits, whensoever they beheld him, fell down 
before him, and cried, saying. Thou art the Son of God. 
And he charged them much that they should not make him 
known. 



41. 

Twelve Apostles 

Chosen. 

Matt. 5: 1,2; 10: 2-4 

Mark 3: 13-19. 

Luke 6 : 12-20. 



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ND it came to pass in those days, 
that seeing the multitudes he went 
up into the mountain to pray; and he 
continued all night in prayer to God. 
And when it was day he called unto him 
his disciples, whom he himself would; 
and they went unto him. And he chose from among them 



50 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 

and appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, that 
they might be with him, and that he might send them forth 
to preach, and to have authority to cast out devils. 

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these : the first, 
Simon, whom he also surnamed Peter, and Andrew his 
brother ; James the son of Zebedee and John his brother ; 
and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is. Sons of thunder ; 
Philip and Bartholom3w; Thomas and Matthew the publi- 
can ; James the son of Alpheus, and Simon the Cananaean, 
who was called the Zealot; Judas the [son] of James, [called 
also] Thaddeus, and Judas Iscariot, who also became the 
traitor. 

And he came down with them, and stood on a level place, 
and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of 
the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast 
of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed 
of their diseases ; and they that were troubled with unclean 
spirits were healed. And all the multitude sought to touch 
him ; for power came forth from him and healed them all. 

And when he had sat down his disciples came unto him ; 
and he lifted up his eyes upon them, and opened his mouth 
and taught them, saying : 

BLESSED are ye poor: for yours is the 
kingdom of God. 
Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs 
is the kingdom of heaven. 

Blessed are ye that weep now : for ye shall 
laugh. 

Blessed are they that mourn : for they 
shall be comforted. 

Blessed are the meek : for they shall inherit the earth. 
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. 
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteous- 
ness : for they shall be filled. 



42. 

The Sermon on 

the Mount. 
Matt. 5:3-7: 27. 

Luke 6 : 20-49 ; 

11: 1-13 ; 12: 22- 

34; 16:17. 



THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 5 1 

Blessed are the merciful : for they shall obtain mercy. 

Blessed are the pure in heart : for they shall see God. 

Blessed are the peacemakers : for they shall be called the 
children of God. 

Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteous- 
ness' sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they 
shall separate you from their company, and reproach you, 
and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake, 
and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you 
falsely for my sake. Rejoice in that day and be exceeding 
glad and leap for joy : for, behold, great is your reward in 
heaven; for in the same manner their fathers persecuted 
the prophets who were before you. 

Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt have lost its 
savour, wherewith shall it be salted ? it is thenceforth good 
for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of 
men. Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill 
cannot be hid. Neither do men light a lamp, and put it un- 
der the bushel, but on the stand ; and it shineth unto all that 
are in the house. Even so let your light shine before men, 
that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father 
who is in heaven. 

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets : 
I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto 
you. Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle 
shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be 
accomplished. Whosoever therefore shall break one of 
these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be 
called least in the kingdom of heaven : but whosoever shall 
do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom 
of heaven. For I say unto you, that except your righteous- 
ness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and 
Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of 
heaven. 



52 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 

Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou 
shalt not kill ; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of 
the judgment : but I say unto you, that every one who is 
angry with his brother without cause shall be in danger of 
the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, 
Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever 
shall say. Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire. 

If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and 
there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against 
thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, 
first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer 
thy gift. Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou 
art with him in the way; lest haply the adversary deliver 
thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, 
and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee. Thou 
shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the 
last farthing. 

Ye have heard that it was said. Thou shalt not commit 
adultery : but I say unto you, that every one that looketh 
on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with 
.her already in his heart. And if thy right eye causeth thee 
to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee : for it is 
profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and 
not thy whole body be cast into hell. And if thy right hand 
causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee : 
for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should 
perish, and not thy whole body go into hell. It was said 
also. Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her 
a writing of divorcement : but I say unto you, that every 
one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of for- 
nication, maketh her an adulteress : and whosoever shall 
marry her when she is put away committeth adultery. 

Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old time. 
Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the 
Lord thine oaths ; but I say unto you, Swear not at all ; 



THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 53 

neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God ; nor by 
the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet ; nor by Jeru- 
salem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt 
thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair 
white or black. But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, 
nay : and whatsoever is more than these is of [the] evil 
[one]. 

Ye have heard that it was said. An eye for an eye, and a 
tooth for a tooth : but I say unto you, Resist not him that is 
evil : but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, offer 
to him the other also. And if any man would go to law 
with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak 
also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go 
with him twain. Give to every one that asketh thee, and 
from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away ; 
and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. 
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also 
to them likewise. 

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neigh- 
bour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you who hear. 
Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, bless 
them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use 
you, and for them that persecute you : that ye may be sons 
of your Father who is in heaven : for he maketh his sun 
to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the 
just and the unjust. For if ye love them that love you, 
what reward have ye ? do not even the publicans the 
same ? for even sinners love those that love them. And 
if ye do good to them that do good to you, what thank have 
ye ? for even sinners do the same. And if ye salute 
your brethren only, what do ye more than others ? do not 
even the Gentiles the same ? And if ye lend to them of 
whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye ? even 
sinners lend to sinners, to receive again as much. But 
love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never 



54 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 

despairing ; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall 
be sons of the Most High : for he is kind toward the un- 
thankful and evil. Be ye merciful, even as your Father is 
merciful. Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly 
Father is perfect. 

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, 
to be seen of them : else ye have no reward with your 
Father who is in heaven. 

When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet 
before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in 
the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say 
unto you, They have received their reward. But when 
thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right 
hand doeth : that thine alms may be in secret : and thy 
Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee. 

And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites ; 
for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in 
the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. 
Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. 
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner cham- 
ber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who 
is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall 
recompense thee. And in praying use not vain repetitions, 
the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for 
their much speaking. Be not therefore like unto them : for 
your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before 
ye ask him. 

And it came to pass, that one of his disciples said unto 
him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his 
disciples. And he said unto them, When ye pray, after this 
manner therefore say : 

Our Father who art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name. 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on 
earth. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us 
our sins as we also have forgiven every one that is indebted 



THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 55 

to US. And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from [the] evil [one]. [For thine is the kingdom, and the 
power, and the glory, forever. Amen.] 

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly 
Father will also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men 
their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your 
trespasses. 

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a 
sad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they 
may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you. They 
have received their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, 
anoint thy head, and wash thy face ; that thou be not seen 
of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret : and thy 
Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee. 

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, 
where moth and rust doth consume, and where thieves 
break through and steal : but lay up for yourselves treasures 
in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and 
where thieves do not break through nor steal : for where 
thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also. 

The lamp of the body is the eye : if therefore thine eye 
be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if 
thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. 
If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great 
is the darkness ! No man can serve two masters : for either 
he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will 
hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and 
mammon. 

Therefore I say unto you. Be not anxious for your life, 
what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for your 
body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the 
food, and the body than the raiment ? Behold the birds of 
the heaven, consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither 
do they reap, nor gather into barns, which have no store- 
chamber nor barn ; and God, your heavenly Father, feedeth 



56 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 

them. Are not ye of much more value than the birds ? 
And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto 
the measure of his life ? If then ye are not able to do even 
that which is least, why are ye anxious concerning the rest ? 

And why are ye anxious concerning raiment ? Consider 
the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they toil not, neither 
do they spin : yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all 
his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God 
doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and 
to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more 
clothe you, O ye of little faith ? 

Be not therefore anxious, saying. What shall we eat? 
or. What shall we drink ? or. Wherewithal shall we be 
clothed ? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye 
shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these 
things do the nations of the world seek after : but your 
heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these 
things. Howbeit, seek ye first his kingdom, and his 
righteousness ; and all these things shall be added unto you. 

Fear not, little flock ; for it is your Father's good pleasure 
to give you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms ; 
provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in 
the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, 
neither moth corrupteth. Be not therefore anxious for the 
morrow : for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Suffi- 
cient unto the day is the evil thereof. 

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what 
judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged : and condemn not, 
and ye shall not be condemned : release, and ye shall be 
released : give, and it shall be given unto you ; good meas- 
ure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall 
they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye 
mete it shall be measured to you again. 

And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind 
guide the blind ? shall they not both fall into a pit ? 



THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 57 

The disciple is not above his master : but every one when 
he is perfected shall be as his master. 

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's 
eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? 
Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me cast 
out the mote that is in thine eye ? when lo, the beam is in thy 
own eye and thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in 
thine own eye ? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam 
out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to 
cast out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. 

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast 
your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them 
under their feet, and turn and rend you. 

And he said unto them. Which of you shall have a friend, 
and shall go unto him at midnight, and say to him. 
Friend, lend me three loaves ; for a friend of mine is come 
to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him ; 
and he from within shall answer and say. Trouble me not : 
the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed ; I 
cannot rise and give thee ? I say unto you, Though he will 
not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because 
of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as 
he needeth. And I say unto you. Ask, and it shall be given 
you ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened 
unto you : for every one that asketh receiveth ; and he that 
seeketh findeth ; and to him that knocketh it shall be 
opened. Or what man is there of you, that is a father, 
who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a 
stone ; or if he shall ask for a fish, will for a fish give him 
a serpent ? or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a 
scorpion ? 

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto 
your children, how much more shall your Father who is in 
heaven give good things to them that ask him ? All things 
therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto 



58 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 

you, even so do ye also unto them : for this is the law and 
the prophets. 

Enter ye in by the narrow gate ; for wide is the gate ; and 
broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are 
they that enter in thereby. For narrow is the gate, and 
straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they 
that find it. 

Beware of false prophets, that come to you in sheep's 
clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. By their fruits 
ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or 
figs of thistles ? For each tree is known by its own fruit. 
For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush 
gather they grapes. Even so every good tree bringeth 
forth good fruit ; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil 
fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither 
can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn 
down, and cast into the fire. The good man out of the 
good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is 
good ; and the evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth 
forth that which is evil : for out of the abundance of the 
heart his mouth speaketh. 

Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them. And why 
call ye me. Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? 
Not every one that saith unto me. Lord, Lord, shall enter 
into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will of 
my Father who is in heaven. 

Many will say to me in that day. Lord, Lord, did we not 
prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out devils, and 
by thy name do many mighty works ? 

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : 
depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 

Every one therefore that cometh unto me and heareth 
these words of mine and doeth them, I will show you to 
whom he is like ; he shall be likened unto a wise man 



THE centurion's FAITH. 59 

building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a 
foundation and built his house, upon the rock : and the rain 
descended, and the floods came, the winds blew and beat 
upon that house, and the stream brake against it, and could 
not shake it : and it fell not, because it had been well 
builded ; for it was founded upon the rock. 

And every one that heareth these words of mine, and 
doeth them not, is like a foolish man, who built his house 
upon the sand, upon the earth without a foundation : and 
the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds 
blew, and smote upon that house, and the stream brake 
against it ; and straightway it fell : and the ruin of that 
house was great. 



43. 

The Centurion's 

Faith. 

Matt. 7:28-8: I, 5-13- 

Luke 7 : i-io. 



AND it came to pass, when Jesus 
ended these words, the multitudes 
were astonished at his teaching : for he 
taught them as one having authority, 
and not as their scribes. 
And when he was come down from the mountain, great 
multitudes followed him. 

• After he had ended all his sayings in the ears of the 
people, he entered into Capernaum. 

And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, 
was sick and at the point of death. And when he heard 
concerning Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, asking 
him that he would come and save his servant. 

Saying, Lord, my servant lieth in the house sick of the 
palsy, grievously tormented. And they, when they came to 
Jesus, besought him earnestly, saying, He is worthy that thou 
shouldest do this for him : for he loveth our nation, and him- 
self built us our synagogue. And he saith unto him, I will 
come and heal him. 

And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not 
far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying 



6o RAISING THE DEAD AT NAIN. 

unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy 
that thou shouldest come under my roof: wherefore neither 
thought I myself worthy to come unto thee : but only say 
the word, and m}^ servant shall be healed. For I also am a 
man set under authority, having under myself soldiers : and 
I say to this one. Go, and he goeth ; and to another. Come, 
and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth 
it. 

And when Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, 
and turned and said unto the multitude that followed him. 
Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, 
no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, that many shall 
come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with 
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven : 
but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the 
outer darkness : there shall be the weeping and gnashing 
of teeth. 

And Jesus said unto the centurion, 

Go thy way; as thou hast believed, so be it done unto 
thee. 

And the servant was healed in that hour. And they that 
were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole. . 

AND it came to pass soon afterwards, that 
he went to a city called Nain ; and his 
disciples went with him, and a great multi- 
tude. Now when he drew near to the gate 
of the city, behold, there was carried out one 
that was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a 
widow : and much people of the city was with her. And 
when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said 
unto her. Weep not. And he came nigh and touched the 
bier : and the bearers stood still. And he said, Young man, 
I say unto thee, arise. 

And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And 



44. 

Raising the 

Dead at 

Nain. 

Luke 7 : 11-17. 



45. 

John the 

Baptist's 

Messengers. 

Matt. 11 : 2-19. 

Luke 7 : 18-35 ; 

16 : 16. 



JOHN THE baptist's MESSENGERS. 61 

he gave him to his mother. And fear took hold on all : and 
they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is arisen among 
us : and, God hath visited his people. And this report went 
forth concerning him in the whole of Judaea, and all the 
region round about. 

NOW John heard in the prison the works 
of the Christ, and his disciples told 
him of all these things. And John calling 
unto him two of his disciples sent them to 
the Lord, saying. Art thou he that cometh, 
or look we for another? And when the 
men were come unto him, they said, John 
the Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying. Art thou he that 
cometh, or look we for another ? In that hour Jesus cured 
many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits ; and on many 
that were blind he bestowed sight. And he answered and 
said unto them. 

Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and 
heard ; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the 
lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised 
up, the poor have good tidings preached to them. And 
blessed is he, whosoever shall find none occasion of 
stumbling in me. 

And when the messengers of John were departed, he began 
to say unto the multitudes concerning John, 

What went ye out into the wilderness to behold ? a reed 
shaken with the wind ? But what went ye out to see ? a 
man clothed in soft raiment ? Behold, they who are 
gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' 
courts. 

But wherefore went ye out ? to see a prophet ? Yea, I 
say unto you, and much more than a prophet. This is he, 
of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before 
thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. 



62 THE ANOINTING BY A SINNER. 

Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of 
women there had not arisen a greater than John the Bap- 
tist : yet he that is but little in the kingdom of heaven is 
greater than he. And from the days of John the Baptist 
until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and 
men of violence take it by force. For all the prophets and 
the law prophesied until John. 

And if ye are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is 
to come. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. But 
whereunto shall I liken the men of this generation ? They 
are like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call 
unto their fellows, and say. We piped unto you, and ye did 
not dance ; we wailed, and ye did not mourn. For John 
came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and they say, 
He hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and drink- 
ing and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a wine- 
bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners ! 

And wisdom is justified of all her children. And wisdom 
is justified by her works. 

And all the people, when they heard, and the publicans, 
justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. But 
the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the 
counsel of God, being not baptized of him. 



46. 

The 

Anointing 

by a Sinner. 

Luke 7 : 36-50. 



A 



ND one of the Pharisees desired him 



entered the Pharisee's house, and sat down 
to meat. And behold, a woman who was in 
the city, a sinner ; and when she knew that 
he was sitting at meat in the Pharisee's house, she brought 
an alabaster cruse of ointment, and standing behind at his 
feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and 
wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, 
and anointed them with the ointment. 

Now when the Pharisee who had bidden him saw it, he 



A GRAND TOUR. 63 

spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, 
would have perceived who and what manner of woman this 
is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner. And Jesus answer- 
ing unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. 
And he saith. Master, say on. 

A certain lender had two debtors : the one owed five 
hundred pence, and the other fifty. When they had 
not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which 
of them therefore will love him most ? Simon answered 
and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And 
he said unto him. Thou hast rightly judged. And turning 
to the woman, he said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? 
I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my 
feet: but she hath wetted my feet with her tears, and 
wiped them with her hair. Thou gavest me no kiss : but 
she, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my 
feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint : but she 
hath anointed my feet with ointment. Wherefore I say 
unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven ; for she 
loved much : but to whom little is forgiven, the same 
loveth little. 

And he said unto her. Thy sins are forgiven. And they 
that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves. 
Who is this that even forgiveth sins ? And he said unto the 
woman, Thy faith hath saved thee ; go in peace. 

AND it came to pass soon afterwards, that 
he went about through cities and 
villages, preaching and bringing the gospel 
of the kingdom of God, and with him the 
twelve, and certain women who had been 
healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary that was called 
Magdalene, from whom seven devils had gone out, and 
Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and 
many others, who ministered unto them of their substance. 



47. 

A Grand 
Tour. 

Luke 8 : 1-3 



64 HEALING THE DUMB DEMONIAC. 



48. 

Healing 

the Dumb 

Demoniac. 

Matt. 12: 22-45. 

Mark 3 : 19-30. 

Luke 11 : 14-32. 



A 



ND he Cometh into a house. And the 
multitude cometh together again so 



that they could not so much as eat bread. 

And when his friends heard it, they went out 

to lay hold on him : for they said, He is 

beside himself. 

Then was brought unto him one possessed 
with a devil, bhnd and dumb ; and he healed him, insomuch 
that when the devil was gone out the dumb man spake and 
saw. And all the multitudes marvelled, and said. Can this be 
the Son of David ? But when the Pharisees and the scribes 
who came down from Jerusalem heard it, some of them said, 
This man hath Beelzebub, and casteth out devils by Beelze- 
bub, the prince of the devils. And knowing their thoughts? 
he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables. 

How can Satan cast out Satan ? Every kingdom divided 
against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or 
house divided against itself falleth, and will not be able to 
stand. And if Satan hath risen up against himself, and is 
divided against himself, and if Satan casteth out Satan, 
how then shall his kingdom stand ? He cannot stand, but 
hath an end ; because ye say that I cast out devils by 
Beelzebub. And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by 
whom do your sons cast them out ? therefore they shall be 
your judges. But if I, by the finger of God, cast out devils, 
then is the kingdom of God come upon you. 

When the strong man fully armed guardeth his own 
court, his goods are in peace ; how can one enter the 
house and spoil his goods except he first bind the strong 
man? But when a stronger than he shall come upon 
him and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole 
armour wherein he trusted and divideth his spoils. He 
that is not with me is against me ; and he that gathereth 
not with me scattereth. 

Verily I say unto you, therefore, all their sins shall be 



HEALING THE DUMB DEMONIAC. 65 

forgiven unto the sons of men, and their blasphemies 
wherewithsoever they shall blaspheme ; and whosoever 
shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be for- 
given him ; but whosoever shall blaspheme against the 
Holy Spirit is guilty of an eternal sin ; it shall never be 
forgiven him, neither in this world nor in that which is to 
come. 

Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit. 

Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make 
the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt ; for the tree is known 
by its fruit. Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being 
evil, speak good things ? for out of the abundance of the 
heart the mouth speaketh. The good man out of his good 
treasure bringeth forth good things, and the evil man out 
of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. And I say 
unto you that every idle word that men shall speak they 
shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by 
thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou 
shalt be condemned. 

The unclean spirit when he is gone out of a man passeth 
through waterless places, seeking rest ; and finding none, 
he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out. 
And when he is come he findeth it empty, swept and gar- 
nished. Then goeth he and taketh with himself seven 
other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and 
dwell there ; and the last state of that man becometh worse 
than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil gen- 
eration. 

And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain 
woman of the multitude lifted up her voice and said unto 
him. Blessed is the womb that bare thee and the breasts 
which thou didst suck. But he said. Yea, rather, blessed are 
they that hear the word of God, and keep it. 

Then, when the multitudes were gathering together unto 
him, certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, 



66 "my mother and my brethren." 

saying, Master, we would see a sign from heaven from thee. 
But he answered and said unto them, 

This generation is an evil and adulterous generation : it 
seeketh after a sign ; and there shall no sign be given unto 
it but the sign of Jonah the prophet. For even as Jonah 
became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of 
man be to this generation; for as Jonah was three days 
and three nights in the belly of the sea-monster, so shall 
the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart 
of the earth. The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the 
judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for 
they repented at the preaching of Jonah ; and behold, a 
greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the south shall 
rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, 
and shall condemn them ; for she came from the ends of 
the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; and behold, a 
greater than Solomon is here. 

No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a 
cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the stand, that they 
that enter in may see the light. The lamp of thy body is 
thine eye : when thine eye is single, thy whole body also 
is full of light ; but when it is evil, thy body is full of dark- 
ness. Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be 
not darkness. If therefore thy whole body be full of light, 
having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when 
the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light. 



49. 

" My Mother 

and 

my Brethren." 

Matt. 12 : 46-50. 

Mark 3: 31-35. 

Luke 8: 19-21. 



W 



HILE he was yet speaking to the 
multitudes, behold his mother and 
his brethren came seeking to speak to him, 
and they could not come at him for the 
crowd. And, standing without, they sent 
unto him, calling him. And a multitude 
was sitting about him; and one said unto 
him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek for thee, and 



A DAY OF PARABLES. 6-] 

Stand without, desiring to speak to thee. But he answered 
and said unto him that told him, ^A^ho is my mother ? and 
who are my brethren .? And looking round on them that 
sat about him, he stretched forth his hand towards his 
disciples, and said, 

Behold my mother and my brethren ! My mother and 
my brethren are these who hear the word of God and do it. 
For whosoever shall do the will of God, whosoever shall do 
the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my 
brother and sister and mother. 

ON that day went Jesus out of the house, 
and sat by the sea-side, and began to 
teach. And when a very great multitude 
came together, and they of every city re- 
sorted unto him, he entered into a boat and 
sat in the sea ; and all the multitude stood 
on the beach. And he taught them many 
things in parables, and said unto them in his 
teaching, 
Hearken: Behold the sower went forth to sow his seed : 
and it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell 
by the wayside ; and it was trodden under 
foot, and the birds of the heaven came and 



50. 

A Day 

of 
Parables. 
Matt. 13 : 1-53 
Mark 4 : 1-34. 
Luke 8: 4-18; 
11: 33-36; 13 



The Parable 

of 
the Sower. 



devoured it ; and other fell on the rocky places, where it 
had not much earth ; and straightway it sprang up, because 
it had no deepness of earth ; and as soon as it grew, when 
the sun was risen, it was scorched ; and because it lacked 
moisture and had no root, it withered away. And other 
fell among the thorns ; and the thorns grew up with it, and 
choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And other fell upon the 
good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; 
and brought forth, some thirtyfold, some sixtyfold, some 
a hundredfold. As he said these things he cried, He that 
hath ears to hear, let him hear. 



68 A DAY OF PARABLES. 

And when he was alone the disciples that were about 
him, with the twelve, came and asked him what this parable 
might be, and, Why speakest thou unto them in parables ? 
And he answered and said unto them, 

Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the king- 
dom of God, but unto the rest, that are without, it is not 
given, but all things are done in parables. Take heed, 
therefore, how and what ye hear ; with what measure ye 
mete it shall be measured to you, and more shall be given 
unto you. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and 
he shall have abundance ; but whosoever hath not, from 
him shall be taken away even that which he thinketh he 
hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables ; because 
seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do 
they understand ; lest haply they should turn again, and it 
should be forgiven them. And unto them is fulfilled the 
prophecy of Isaiah, which saith. 

By hearing ye shall hear and shall in no wise understand ; 
and seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive : for 
this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull 
of hearing, and their eyes have they closed ; lest haply 
they should perceive with their eyes, and hear with their 
ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn 
again, and I should heal them. 

But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, 
for they hear. For verily I say unto you, that many 
prophets and righteous men desired to see the things 
which ye see, and saw them not ; and to hear the things 
which ye hear, and heard them not. Know ye not this 
parable ? and how shall ye know all the parables ? 

Hear ye then the parable of the sower. The seed the 
sower soweth is the word of God. When any one heareth 
the word of the kingdom and understandeth it not, straight- 
way Cometh Satan and snatcheth away from his heart the 
word which hath been sown, that he may not believe and 



A DAY OF PARABLES. 69 

be saved. This is he that was sown by the wayside. And 
he that was sown upon the rocky places is he that heareth 
the word, and straightway receiveth it with joy : yet hath he 
not root in himself, but for awhile he believeth and endur- 
eth ; then, when tribulation or persecution ariseth because 
of the word, straightway he stumbleth and in time of 
temptation falleth away. 

And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that 
heareth the word ; and as he goeth on his way the cares of 
the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the pleasures 
of this life, and the lusts of other things, entering in, 
choke the word, and bringeth no fruit to perfection. And 
he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that 
heareth the word and understandeth and accepteth it, and 
holdeth it fast in a good and honest heart, and bringeth 
forth fruit with patience ; some thirty fold, some sixty fold, 
some a hundred fold. 

Is the lamp brought to be put under the bushel or under 
the bed, and not to be put on the stand ? No man, when 
he hath lighted a lamp, covereth it with a vessel or putteth 
it in a cellar, neither under a bed, but on a stand, that they 
that enter in may see the light. For nothing is hid that 
shall not be made manifest, nor secret that shall not be 
known and come to light. If any man hath ears to hear, 
let him hear. The lamp of thy body is thine eye : when 
thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light ; but 
Vv'hen it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Look 
therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness. 
If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part 
dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with 
its bright shining doth give thee light. 

Another parable set he before them, say- 
ing, 

The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a 



The Parable 

of Wheat and 

Tares. 



man that sowed good seed in his field : but while men slept, 



70 A DAY OF PARABLES. 

his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, 
and went away. But when the blade sprang up, and 
brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. And the 
servants of the householder came and said unto him. Sir, 
didst thou not sow good seed in thy field ? whence then hath 
it tares ? And he saith unto them, An enemy hath done this. 

And the servants say unto him. Wilt thou then that we 
go and gather them up ? But he saith. Nay ; lest haply 
while ye gather up the tares ye root up the wheat with 
them. Let both grow together until the harvest ; and in 
the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers. Gather up 
first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them : but 
gather the wheat into my barn. 

And he said, 

So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed 
upon the earth ; and should sleep and rise night and day, 
and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not 
how. The earth beareth fruit of herself ; first the blade, 
then the ear, then the full corn in the ear. But when the 
fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because 
the harvest is come. 

Another parable set he before them, saying : 

How shall we liken the kingdom of God ? or in what para- 
ble shall we set it forth ? The kingdom of heaven is like 
unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast 
into his own garden; which, when it is sown upon the earth 
is indeed less than all the seeds that are upon the earth ; 
yet when it is sown it groweth up and becometh greater 
than all the herbs, and putteth out great branches. And 
it grew and became a tree, so that the birds of the heaven 
came and lodged in the branches thereof. 

And again he spake another parable unto them, and said, 
Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God ? The king- 
dom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, 
and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened. 



A DAY OF PARABLES. 7I 

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude with many 
such parables, as they were able to hear; and without a par- 
able spake he nothing to them : that it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by the prophet, I will open my mouth in 
parables ; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of 
the world ; but privately to his own disciples he expounded 
all things. Then he left the multitudes, and went into the 
house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain 
unto us the parable of the tares of the field. And he an- 
swered and said. 

He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man ; and the 
field is the world ; and the good seed, these are the sons 
of the kingdom ; and the tares are the sons of the evil 
one ; and the enemy that sowed them is the devil ; and the 
harvest is the end of the world ; and the reapers are 
angels. 

As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with 
fire ; so shall it be in the end of the world. The Son of 
man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out 
of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them 
that do iniquity, and shall cast them into the furnace of 
fire : there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the king- 
dom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear. 

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in 
the field ; which a man found, and hid ; and in his joy he 
goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is 
a merchant seeking goodly pearls : and having found one 
pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and 
bought it. 

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was 
cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind : which, when 
it was filled, they drew up on the beach ; and they sat 
down, and gathered the good into vessels, but the bad they 



72 THE WIND AND THE SEA OBEY HIM. 

cast away. So shall it be in the end of the world : the 
angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among 
the righteous, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire : 
there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

Have ye understood all these things ? They say unto 
him, Yea. And he said unto them, 

Therefore every scribe who hath been made a disciple to 
the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a house- 
holder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure things new 
and old. 



51. 

The Wind and 
the Sea 
Obey Him. 
Matt. 8: 18-27. 
Mark 4: 35-41. 
Luke 8 : 22-25. 



A 



ND on that day when even was come, 
when Jesus saw great multitudes about 
him, he saith unto his disciples, Let us go 
over unto the other side of the lake. And 
leaving the multitude they take him with 
them, even as he was, in the boat. And other 
boats were with him. And they launched 
forth. And as they sailed he fell asleep. 

And behold there came down a storm of wind on the lake, 
and there arose a great tempest in the sea, and the waves 
beat into the boat, insomuch that the boat was covered with 
the waves and was now filling and they were in jeopardy; 
but he himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushions. And 
they came to him and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we 
perish : carest thou not that we perish ? Save, Lord. And 
he awoke and said unto them, 

Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith ? Have ye not 
yet faith ? Where is your faith ? Then he arose, and re- 
buked the winds and the sea and the raging of the water, 
and said unto the sea, Peace, b:; still. And they ceased, and 
there was a great calm. And the men marvelled, and feared 
exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man 
is this, that he commandeth even the winds and the sea, and 
they obey him ? 



THE GADARENE DEMONIACS. 73 



52. 

The Gadarene 
Demoniacs. 

Matt. 8 : 28-34. 
Mark 5 : 1-2 1. 
Luke 8 : 26-40. 



AND they arrived at the country of the 
Gadarenes which is the other side of 
the sea, over against Galilee. And when he 
was come out of the boat upon the land, 
straightway there met him two possessed 
with devils, coming forth out of the tombs, 
exceeding fierce, so that no man could pass by that way ; 
there met him a certain man out of the city, who had devils ; 
and for a long time he had worn no clothes, and abode not in 
any house, but had his dwelling in the tombs. And no man 
could any more bind him, no, not with a chain ; because 
he had often been bound with fetters and chains : and the 
chains had been rent asunder by him, and the fetters broken 
in pieces ; and no man had strength to tame him ; but he was 
seized and driven of the devil into the deserts. And always, 
night and day in the tombs and in the mountains, he was 
crying out, and cutting himself with stones. 

And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and fell down 
before him, and, crying out with a loud voice, he said. What 
have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou son of the Most High 
God ? art thou come hither to torment us before the time 1 I 
adjure thee by God, torment me not. For he had said unto 
him. Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man. 

And Jesus asked him. What is thy name ? And he said, 
My name is Legion, for we are many ; for many devils were 
entered into him. And he besought him much that he would 
not send them away out of the country, and entreated him 
that he would not command them to depart into the abyss. 

Now there was a great herd of about two thousand swine, 
afar off from them, on the mountain side, feeding. And the 
devils entreated him, saying. If thou cast us out, send us into 
the herd of swine, that we may enter into them. And he 
said unto them. Go. 

And the devils came out from the man, and entered into 
the swine. And behold, the whole herd rushed down the 



74 THE FEAST OF MATTHEW LEVI. 

Steep, into the sea, and perished in the waters. And when 
they that fed them saw what had come to pass, they fled, and 
went away into the city, and told everything in the city and 
in the country. 

And behold all the city went out to meet Jesus, and to see 
what it was that had come to pass. 

And they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom 
the devils were gone out, even him that had the legion, sit- 
ting, clothed, and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus. 
And they that saw it told them how he that was possessed 
with devils was made whole, and concerning the swine. 

And when they saw it all the people of the country of the 
Gerasenes round about began to beseech him to depart from 
their borders : for they were holden with great fear ; and he 
entered into a boat and returned. And as he was entering 
into the boat, the man from whom the devils were gone out 
besought him that he might be with him. And he suffered 
him not, but sent him away, saying unto him, 

Go, return to thy house, unto thy friends, and tell them 
how great things the Lord God hath done for thee, and how 
he had mercy on thee. 

And he went his way, and began to pubhsh throughout the 
whole city and in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done 
for him ; and all men did marvel. 



53. 

The Feast 

of 

Matthew Levi. 

Matt. 9 : 10-17. 

Mark 2 : 15-22. 

Luke 5 : 29-39. 



A 



ND when Jesus had crossed over again 

unto the other side, into his own city, a 

great multitude was gathered unto him, and' 

welcomed him ; for they were all waiting for 

him ; and he was by the sea. 

And Matthew Levi made him a great feast 
in his house ; and behold, a great multitude 
of publicans and sinners and others came and sat at meat 
with them ; for there were many, and they followed him. And 
when the Pharisees and their scribes saw it, they murmured 



JAIRUS' DAUGHTER AND OTHERS CURED. 75 

against his disciples, and said, Why eateth and drinketh your 
master, and why do ye eat and drink, with publicans and 
sinners ? But when Jesus heard it he answering said unto 
them. They that are whole have no need of a physician, but 
they that are sick. But go ye and learn what this meaneth, 
I desire mercy, not sacrifice ; for I came not to call the 
righteous, but sinners to repentance. 

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and 
they come and say to him, Why do we and the Pharisees 
fast often and make supplications, but thy disciples fast not, 
but eat and drink ? And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make 
the sons of the bride-chamber fast and mourn while the 
bridegroom is with them ? As long as they have the bride- 
groom with them they cannot fast. But the days will come 
when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and 
then will they fast in those days. And he spake also a par- 
able unto them, 

No man seweth a piece of undressed cloth on an old gar- 
ment; for that which should fill it up taketh from the gar- 
ment, the new from the old, and a worse rent is made. No 
man rendeth a piece from a new garment and putteth it 
upon an old garment ; else he will rend the new, and also 
the piece from the new will not agree with the old. And 
no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins : else the new 
wine will burst the skins, and itself will be spilled, and the 
skins will perish. But new wine must be put into fresh 
wine-skins, and both are preserved. And no man having 
drunk old wine desireth new ; for he saith. The old is good. 

WHILE he yet spake these things unto 
them, behold there came a man named 
Jairus, one of the rulers of the synagogue: 
and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought 
him much to come into his house ; for he had 
an only daughter, about twelve years of 



54. 

Jairus' Daughter 
and 
Others Cured. 
Matt. 9 : 18-34. 
Mark 5 : 21-43- 
Luke 8 : 41-56. 



76 JAIRUS^ DAUGHTER AND OTHERS CURED. 

age, and she lay a dying ; saying, My little daughter is at the 
point of death ; but come, lay thy hands upon her, that she 
may be made whole, and she shall live. And Jesus arose and 
went with him, and so did his disciples ; and a great multi- 
tude followed him, and thronged him as he went. 

And behold a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve 
years, who had suffered many things of many physicians, and 
had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not 
be healed of any, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew 
worse ; having heard the things concerning Jesus, came in 
the crowd behind him, and touched the border of his gar- 
ment : for she said within herself. If I do but touch his gar- 
ment I shall be made whole. And straightway the fountain 
of her blood was dried up ; and she felt in her body that she 
was healed of her plague ; 

And straightway Jesus turned him about in the crowd, and 
said, Who is it that touched my garment ? 

And when all denied, Peter and his disciples that were 
with him said, Master, thou seest the multitudes press and 
crush thee ; and sayest thou. Who touched me ? But Jesus 
said. Some one did touch me ; for I perceived that power 
had gone forth from me. And he looked round about to 
see her that had done this thing. 

But when the woman saw that she was not hid, knowing 
what had been done to her, she came, fearing and trembling, 
and falling down before him told him all the truth, and 
declared in the presence of all the people for what cause she 
touched him, and how she was healed immediately. 

But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said unto her. Daughter, 
be of good cheer : thy faith hath saved thee ; go in peace, 
and be whole of thy plague. And the woman was made 
whole from that hour. 

While he yet spake there cometh one from the ruler of the 
synagogue's house, saying. Thy daughter is dead ; why trou. 
blest thou the Master any further ? The ruler came and 



JAIRUS' DAUGHTER AND OTHERS CURED. 77 

worshipped him, and said, My daughter is even now dead ; 
but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. But 
Jesus, hearing it, not heeding the word spoken, answered 
the ruler of the synagogue. Fear not : only believe, and she 
shall be made whole. 

And they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue. 
And he suffered no man to enter with him, save Peter and 
James and John the brother of James ; and he beholdeth the 
flute-players, and the crowd making a tumult, and many 
weeping and wailing greatly, and bewailing her. And when 
the crowd was put forth he entered in; and he saith unto 
them. Give place. Why make ye a tumult, and weep ? 
Weep not ; for the child is not dead, but sleepeth. And they 
laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. 

But he, having put them all forth, taketh the father of the 
child and her mother, and them that were with him, and 
goeth in where the child was ; and taking her by the hand, 
called unto her, saying, Talitha cumi ; which is, being inter- 
preted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. And her spirit 
returned, and the damsel rose up immediately and walked ; 
for she was twelve years old. And he commanded that 
something be given her to eat. And her parents were 
amazed straightway, with a great amazement : but he charged 
them much to tell no man what had been done. And the 
fame hereof went forth into all that land. 

And as Jesus passed by from thence, two blind men fol- 
lowed him, crying out, and saying. Have mercy on us, thou 
son of David. And when he was come into the house, the 
blind men came to him : and Jesus saith unto them. Believe 
ye that I am able to do this ? They say unto him. Yea, 
Lord. Then touched he their eyes, saying. According to 
your faith be it done unto you. And their eyes were opened. 
And Jesus strictly charged them, saying. See that no man 
know it. But they went forth, and spread abroad his fame 
in all that land, 



78 



UNBELIEF AT NAZARETH. 



And as they went forth, behold, there was brought to him 
a dumb man possessed with a devil. And when the devil 
was cast out, the dumb man spake : and the multitudes mar- 
velled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. But the 
Pharisees said, By the prince of the devils casteth he out 
devils. 



55. 

Unbelief at 

Nazareth. 

Matt. 13 : 54-58. 

Mark 6 : 1-6. 



A' 



ND he went out from thence ; and he com- 
eth into his own country ; and his dis- 
ciples follow him. And when the sabbath was 
come, he began to teach in their synagogue : 
and many hearing him were astonished, in- 
somuch that they said. 

Whence hath this man this wisdom and these powers ? and. 
What is the wisdom that is given unto this man, and [what 
mean] such mighty works wrought by his hands ? Is not 
this the carpenter, the carpenter's son ? Is not this the son 
of Mary, and brother of James and Joses, and Judas, and 
Simon ? And his sisters, are they not all here with us ? 
Whence then hath this man all these things ? And they were 
caused to stumble at him. 

But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, 
save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his 
own house. And he could not do many mighty works there, 
save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed 
them. And he marvelled because of their unbelief. 



AN D Jesus went round about all the cities 
and villages, teaching in their syna- 
gogues, and preaching the gospel of the 
kingdom, and healing all manner of disease 
and all manner of sickness. 

But when he saw the multitudes, he was 
moved with compassion for them, because 
they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a 



5e. 

The Mission 

of 

the Twelve. 

Matt. 9 : 35-II : i. 

Mark 6: 6-13. 
Luke 9 : t-6. 



THE MISSION OF THE TWELVE. 79 

shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest 
truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few. Pray ye there- 
fore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into 
his harvest. 

And he called unto him his twelve disciples, and began to 
send them forth by two and two ; and gave them authority 
over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner 
of disease and all manner of sickness. 

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these : The first, 
Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother ; James 
the son of Zebedee, and John his brother. Phihp, and Bar- 
tholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the 
son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus ; Simon the Cananaean, and 
Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. These twelve Jesus 
sent forth, to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the 
sick, and charged them, saying. 

Go not into any way of the Gentiles, and enter not into 
any city of the Samaritans : but go rather to the lost sheep 
of the house of Israel. And as ye go, preach, saying, The 
kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, raise the 
dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils : freely ye received, 
freely give. Get you no gold, nor silver, nor brass in your 
purses ; Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, nor 
wallet, nor bread, neither two coats, nor shoes, but go shod 
with sandals : for the labourer is worthy of his food. And 
into whatsoever city or village ye shall enter, search out 
who in it is worthy ; and there abide till ye go forth. And 
as ye enter into the house, salute it. And if the house be 
worthy, let your peace come upon it : but if it be not worthy, 
let your peace return to you. And whosoever shall not 
receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that 
house or that city, shake off the dust that is under your 
feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you. 
It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and 
Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. 



8o THE MISSION OF THE TWELVE. 

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves : 
be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 
But beware of men : for they will deliver you up to 
councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you ; 
yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for 
my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. But 
when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye 
shall speak : for it shall be given you in that hour what ye 
shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of 
your Father that speaketh in you. 

And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the 
father his child : and children shall rise up against parents, 
and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated 
of all men for my name's sake : but he that endureth to 
the end, the same shall be saved. 

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the 
next : for verily I say unto you. Ye shall not have gone 
through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. 

A disciple is not above his master, nor a servant above 
his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his 
master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called 
the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall 
they call them of his household ! Fear them not therefore : 
for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed ; and 
hid, that shall not be known. What I tell you in the 
darkness, speak ye in the light : and what ye hear in the 
ear, proclaim upon the housetops. And be not afraid of 
them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul : 
but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and 
body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny ? and 
not one of them shall fall on the ground without your 
Father : but the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 
Fear not therefore ; ye are of more value than many spar- 
rows. Every one therefore who shall confess me before 
men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in 



DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 8l 

heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him 
will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven. 

Think not that I came to send peace on the earth : I came 
not to send peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man 
at variance against his father, and the daughter against her 
mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law : 
and a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not 
worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more 
than me is not worthy of me. And he that doth not take 
his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. He 
that findeth his life shall lose it ; and he that loseth his life 
for my sake shall find it. 

He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth 
me receiveth him that sent me. He that receiveth a 
prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's 
reward ; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name 
of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little 
ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, 
verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. 

And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of com- 
manding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach 
and preach in their cities. And they departed, and went 
throughout the villages, preaching that men should repent, 
and healing everywhere. And they cast out many devils, 
and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. 



57. 

Death of John 
the Baptist. 

Matt. 14 : 1-12. 

Mark 6 : 14-29. 
Luke 9 : 7-9. 



A' 



T that season Herod the tetrarch heard 
the report concerning all that Jesus 
had done ; for his name had become known ; 
and he was much perplexed. And he said 
to his servants, This is John the Baptist ; he 
is risen from the dead ; and therefore do 
these powers work in him. And some said that Elijah had 



82 FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND. 

appeared ; and others said that one of the old prophets was 
risen again. But Herod said, John have I beheaded : but 
who is this about whom I hear such things ? And he sought 
to see him. 

Now Herod the king had laid hold upon John the Baptist, 
and bound him in prison. And when a convenient day was 
come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, 
and the high captains, and the chief men of GaHlee; and 
when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, 
she pleased Herod and them that sat at meat with him ; and 
the king said unto the damsel. Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, 
and I will give it thee. And he sware unto her. Whatsoever 
thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my 
kingdom. 

And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I 
ask 1 And she said. The head of John the Baptist. And she 
came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, 
saying, I will that thou forthwith give me here in a charger the 
head of John the Baptist. And the king was exceeding 
sorry ; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at 
meat with him, he would not reject her. 

And he commanded it to be given ; and straightway the 
king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to 
bring his head: and he went and beheaded him in the 
prison, and brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the 
damsel ; and the damsel gave it to her mother. 

And when his disciples heard thereof, they came and took up 
his corpse, and laid it in a tomb ; and they went and told Jesus. 



Feeding the 
Five Thousand. 
Matt. 14: 13-23. 

Mark 6 : 30-46. 

Luke 9 : 10-17. 

John 6 : 1-15. 



N' 



OW when Jesus heard it he withdrew 
from thence. And the apostles, when 
they were returned, gathered themselves to- 
gether unto Jesus, and told him all things they 
had done and whatsoever they had taught. 
And he saith unto them, Come ye yourselves 



FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND. 8^ 

apart into a desert place, and rest awhile. For there were 
many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as 
to eat. 

And he took them, and went away from thence in the boat 
to a desert place apart, belonging to a city called Bethsaida, 
on the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of 
Tiberias. But the multitudes saw them going, and many 
knew them, and followed him, because they beheld the signs 
which he did on them that were sick ; and they ran there to- 
gether on foot from all the cities, and outwent them. 

Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand ; and 
he came forth, and lifting up his eyes, saw a great multitude 
coming unto him. And Jesus went up into the mountain, 
and there he sat with his disciples. And he had compassion 
on the multitudes, because they were as sheep not having 
a shepherd ; and he welcomed them, and spake to them of the 
kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. 

And the day began to wear away, and the twelve came 
unto him and said. The place is desert and the day is now far 
spent. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the 
villages and country round about, and lodge and buy them- 
selves somewhat to eat. But Jesus said, 

They have no need to go away ; give ye them to eat. 

Jesus therefore saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy 
bread that these may eat ? And this he said to prove him : 
for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered 
him. Shall we go and buy ? Two hundred shillings worth of 
bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a 
little. And he saith unto them. How many loaves have ye ; 
go and see. 

And when they knew, they said. We have no more than 
five loaves and two fishes ; except we should go and buy 
food for all this people. 

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith 
unto him, There is a lad here that hath five barley loaves and 



84 WALKING ON THE WATER. 

two fishes : but what are these among so many ? And he 
said, Bring them hither to me. And he said unto his disci- 
ples, Make the people sit down, in companies, about fifty 
each, upon the green grass. 

(Now there was much grass in the place.) And they did 
so. And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties. 

Jesus therefore took the five loaves and the two fishes, 
and, looking up to heaven, he blessed and brake the loaves ; 
and he gave to the disciples to set before them that were set 
down ; and the two fishes likewise he distributed, as much 
as they would. And they did all eat, and were all filled. And 
when they were all filled, he said unto his disciples, 

Gather up the broken pieces which remain over, that 
nothing be lost. 

So they took them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken 
pieces from the five barley-loaves and the fishes also, which 
remained over unto them that had eaten. And they that did 
eat were about five thousand men, beside women and children. 

When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they 
said, This is of a truth the prophet that cometh into the 
world. Jesus therefore perceiving that they were about to 
come and take him by force to make him king, he straight- 
way constrained his disciples to enter into the boat, and go 
before him unto the other side, till he himself should send 
the multitudes away. 

And after he had taken leave of them, he himself went up 
into the mountain, apart to pray : and when even was come, 
he was there alone. 

AND his disciples went down unto the 
sea, and they entered into a boat, and 
were going over the sea unto Capernaum. 
And it was now dark, and Jesus had not yet 
come to them. And the sea was rising by 
reason of a great wind that blew. But the 



59. 

Walking on the 

Water. 
Matt. 12 : 24-36. 

Mark 6 : 47-56. 

John 6 : 16-21. 



WALKING ON THE WATER. 85 

boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by 
the waves, for the wind was contrary, and he alone on the 
land. 

And seeing them distressed in rowing, about the fourth 
watch of the night, when they had rowed about five and 
twenty or thirty furlongs, the disciples beheld Jesus walking 
on the sea and drawing nigh unto the boat ; and he would 
have passed by them. And they were afraid, and cried out, 
saying. It is an apparition. But straightway Jesus spake 
with them, saying. 

Be of good cheer ; it is I ; be not afraid. 

They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. 
And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid 
me come unto thee upon the waters. And he said, 

Come. 

And Peter went down from the boat, and walked upon the 
waters to come to Jesus. But when he saw the wind he was 
afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying. Lord, 
save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, 
and took hold of him, and said unto him, 

O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt ? 

And when they were gone up into the boat, the wind ceased. 
And they that were in the boat were sore amazed in them- 
selves ; for they understood not concerning the loaves, but 
their heart was hardened ; and they worshipped him, saying. 
Of a truth thou art the Son of God. And straightway the 
boat was at the land whither they were going. 

And when they had crossed over to the land, they came 
unto Gennesaret and moored to the shore. And when they 
were come out of the boat, straightway the men of that place 
knew him, and ran round about that whole region, and 
brought unto him on their beds those that were sick, where 
they heard that he was. And wheresoever he entered, into 
villages or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick 
in the market-places, and besought him that they might 



86 THE BREAD OF LIFE. 

touch if it were but the border of his garment ; and as many 
as touched him were made whole. 



60. 

The Bread of 

Life. 
John 6 : 22-71. 



0' 



^ N the morrow the multitude which stood 
on the other side of the sea saw that 
there was none other boat there, save one, 
and that Jesus entered not with his disciples 
into the boat, but that his disciples went away alone (how- 
beit there came boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place 
where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks) : 
when the multitude therefore saw that Jesus was not there, 
neither his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and 
came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. And when they found 
him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, 
when camest thou hither ? 

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because 
ye ate of the loaves, and were filled. Work not for the 
meat which perisheth, but for the meat which abideth unto 
eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you : for 
him the Father, even God, hath sealed. They said there- 
fore unto him. What must we do, that we may work the 
works of God ? Jesus answered and said unto them. This is 
the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath 
sent. They said therefore unto him, What then doest thou 
for a sign, that we may see, and believe thee ? what workest 
thou ? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness ; as it is 
written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat. 

Jesus therefore said unto them. Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven ; 
but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven. 
For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of 
heaven, and giveth life unto the world. They said there- 
fore unto him. Lord, evermore give us this bread. Jesus 
said unto them, I am the bread of life : he that cometh to 



THE BREAD OF LIFE. ^J 

me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall 
never thirst. But I said unto you, that ye have seen me, 
and yet believe not. All that which the Father giveth me 
shall come unto me ; and him that cometh to me I will in 
no wise cast out. For I am come down from heaven, not 
to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And 
this is the will of him that sent me, that of all that which 
he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it 
up at the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that 
every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, 
should have eternal life ; and I will raise him up at the last 
day. 

The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he 
said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven. And 
they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father 
and mother we know ? how doth he now say, I am come 
down out of heaven ? Jesus answered and said unto them. 
Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come to me, 
except the Father who sent me draw him : and I will raise him 
up in the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they 
shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard from 
the Father, and hath learned, cometh unto me. Not that 
any man hath seen the Father, save he who is from God, 
he hath seen the Father. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that believeth hath 
eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers did eat 
the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the 
bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may 
eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came 
down out of heaven : if any man eat of this bread, he shall 
live forever : yea and the bread which I will give is my 
flesh, for the life of the world. 

The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How 
can this man give us his fiesh to eat ? Jesus therefore said unto 
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you. Except ye eat the flesh 



88 THE BREAD OF LIFE. 

of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in 
yourselves. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my 
blood hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last 
day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink 
indeed. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood 
abideth in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent 
me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, 
he also shall live because of me. This is the bread which 
came down out of heaven : not as the fathers did eat, and 
died : he that eateth this bread shall live for ever. These 
things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. 

Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, said, 
This is a hard saying; who can hear it.^ But Jesus knowing 
in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said unto 
them, Doth this cause you to stumble ? What then if ye 
should behold the Son of man ascending where he was be- 
fore ? It is the spirit that quickeneth ; the flesh profiteth 
nothing : the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, 
and are life. But there are some of you that believe not. 
For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that 
believed not, and who it was that should betray him. And 
he said. For this cause have I said unto you, that no man 
can come unto me, except it be given unto him of the 
Father. 

Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no 
more with him. Jesus said therefore unto the twelve, Would 
ye also go away ? Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to 
whom shall we go "^ thou hast the words of eternal life. And 
we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of 
God. Jesus answered them. Did not I choose you the 
twelve, and one of you is a devil ? Now he spake of Judas 
the son of Simon Iscariot, for he it was that should betray 
him, being one of the twelve. 



61. 

Inward 

Cleansing. 

Matt. 15 : 1-20. 

Mark 7 : 1-23. 



INWARD CLEANSING. 89 

AND there are gathered together unto 
him the Pharisees, and certain of the 
scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, and 
had seen that some of his disciples ate their 
bread with defiled, that is, unwashen hands. 
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their 
hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders : 
and when they come from the marketplace, except they bap- 
tize themselves, they eat not : and many other things there 
be, which they have received to hold, baptizings of cups, and 
pots, and brazen vessels. 

And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him. Why walk 
not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but 
eat their bread with defiled hands ? And he said unto them, 
Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God be- 
cause of your tradition ? Well did Isaiah prophesy of you 
hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with 
their lips, but their heart is far from me. But in vain do 
they worship me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts 
of men. Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast 
the tradition of men. 

And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the com- 
mandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition. For 
Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother ; and, He 
that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the 
death : but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his 
mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited 
by me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God ; he shall not 
honour his father; ye no longer suffer him to do aught for 
his father or his mother; making void the word of God by 
your tradition, which ye have delivered : and many such 
like things ye do. 

And he caUed to him the multitude again, and said unto 
them, Hear me all of you, and understand : There is nothing 
from without the man, that going into him can defile him : 



90 THE SIDONIAN JOURNEY. 

but the things which proceed out of the man are those that 
defile the man. Not that which entereth into the mouth 
defileth the man ; but that which proceedeth out of the 
mouth, this defileth the man. 

Then came the disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou 
that the Pharisees were caused to stumble, when they heard 
this saying ? But he answered and said, Every plant v/hich 
my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up. Let 
them alone : they are blind guides. And if the blind guide 
the blind, both shall fall into a pit. 

And when he was entered into the house from the multi- 
tude, his disciples and Peter asked of him the parable. And 
he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? 
Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into 
the man, it cannot defile him ; because whatsoever goeth 
into the mouth goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, 
and goeth out into the draught ? [This he said,] making all 
meats clean. But the things which proceed out of the 
mouth come forth out of the heart ; and they defile the man. 

For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth 
evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, false 
witness, covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, 
an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness : all these evil things 
proceed from within, and these are the things which defile the 
man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man. 



62. 

The Sidonian 

Journey. 
Matt. 15 : 21-28. 
Mark 7 : 24-30. 



A' 



ND from thence Jesus arose, and with- 
drew into the borders of Tyre and 
Sidon. And he entered into a house, and 
would have no man know it : and he could 
not be hid. But behold, straightway a 
Canaanitish woman, whose little daughter had an unclean 
spirit, having heard of him, came from out those borders, 
and fell down at his feet. Now the woman was a Greek, a 
Syrophoenician by race. 



MANY MIRACLES OF HEALING. 91 

And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil 
out of her daughter, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou 
son of David ; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came 
and besought him, saying. Send her away; for she crieth 
after us. But he answered and said, I was not sent but 
unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 

But she came and worshipped him, saying. Lord, help me. 
And he answered and said unto her, Let the children first 
be filled : for it is not meet to take the children's bread and 
cast it to the dogs. But she answered and saith unto him. 
Yea, Lord : for even the dogs under the table eat of the chil- 
dren's crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 

Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great 
is thy faith : be it done unto thee even as thou wilt. For 
this saying go thy way ; the devil is gone out of thy 
daughter. And her daughter was healed from that hour. 
And she went away unto her house, and found the child laid 
upon the bed, and the devil gone out. 

AND Jesus departed from the borders of 
Tyre, and came through Sidon nigh 
unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst 
of the borders of Decapolis ; and he went up 
into the mountain, and sat there. And there 
came unto him great multitudes, having with 
them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and 
they cast them down at his feet ; and he healed them : inso- 
much that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb 
speaking, the maimed whole, and the lame walking, and the 
blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel. 

And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an 
impediment in his speech ; and they beseech him to lay his 
hand upon him. And he took him aside from the multitude 
privately, and put his lingers into his ears, and he spat, and 



63. 

Many Miracles 

of 

Healing. 

Matt. 15 : 29-31. 
Mark 7: 31-3 7- 



92 THE FEEDING OF FOUR THOUSAND. 

touched his tongue ; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, 
and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And 
his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, 
and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should 
tell no man : but the more he charged them., so much the 
more a great deal they published it. And they were beyond 
measure astonished, saying. He hath done all things well : he 
maketh even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. 



64. 

The Feeding 

of 

Four Thousand 

Matt. 15 : 32-39. 

Marks: i-io. 



A' 



ND in those days when there was again 
a great multitude, and they had nothing 
to eat, Jesus called unto him his disciples, 
and said, I have compassion on the mul- 
titude, because they continue with me now 
three days and have nothing to eat : and 
I would not send them away : if I send them away fasting 
to their home, they will faint in the way ; and some of 
them are come from far. And his disciples answered him, 
Whence should we have so many loaves here in a desert 
place, as to fill so great a multitude ? 

And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye ? 
And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes. And he com- 
manded the multitude to sit down on the ground ; and he 
took the seven loaves and the fishes ; and he gave thanks 
and brake, and gave to his disciples, to set before them ; and 
they set them before the multitude. And they did all eat, 
and were filled : and they took up that which remained over 
of the broken pieces, seven baskets full. And they that did 
eat were four thousand men, beside women and children, and 



he sent them away. 

A 



G5. 

Pharisees 

Demand a Sign. 

Matt. 16 : 1-12. 

Mark 8: 11-21. 



ND he sent away the multitudes, and 

straightway entered into the boat with 

his disciples and came into the parts of 

Dalmanutha, into the borders of Magadan. 

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, 



PHARISEES DEMAND A SIGN. 93 

and tempting him asked him to shew them a sign from 
heaven. But he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said unto 
them, Why doth this generation seek a sign ? When it is 
evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is 
red. And in the morning. It will be foul weather to-day : 
for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern 
the face of the heaven ; but ye cannot discern the signs of 
the times. An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after 
a sign ; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the 
sign of Jonah. And he left them, and again entering into 
the boat departed to the other side. 

And the disciples forgot to take bread, and they had not 
in the boat with them more than one loaf. And Jesus 
charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of 
the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the leaven of Herod. 
And they reasoned one with another, saying, We have no 
bread. And Jesus perceiving it said unto them, O ye of 
little faith, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread ? do 
ye not yet perceive, neither remember, neither under- 
stand ? have ye your heart hardened ? Having eyes, see 
ye not ? and having ears, hear ye not ? and do ye not re- 
member.^ When I brake the five loaves among the five 
thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces took ye 
up ? They say unto him, Twelve. And when the seven 
among the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken 
pieces took ye up ? And they say unto him. Seven. And he 
said unto them, Do ye not yet understand ? How is it that 
ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning 
bread ? 

Then understood they how that he bade them not beware 
of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees 
and Sadducees. 



94 THE BLIND MAN AT BETHSAIDA. 



66. 

The Blind Man 
at Bethsaida. 
Mark 8 : 22-26. 



A' 



ND they came unto Bethsaida. And 
they bring to him a bhnd man, and 
beseech him to touch him. And he took 
hold of the bhnd man by the hand, and 
brought him out of the village ; and when he 
had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands upon him, he asked 
him, Seest thou aught ? And he looked up, and said, I see 
men ; for I behold them as trees, walking. Then again he 
laid his hands upon his eyes ; and he looked stedfastly, and 
was restored, and saw all things clearly. And he sent him 
away to his home, saying. Do not even enter into the village. 



67. 

The Great 

Confession. 

Matt. 16 : 13-28 

Mark 8*27-9: i 

Luke 9: 18-27. 



r\ ir 



ND Jesus went forth, and his disciples, 

into the villages of Caesarea Philippi : 

and in the way it came to pass, as he was 

praying apart, the disciples were with him : 

and he asked them, saying. Who do the 

multitude say that I, the Son of man, am ? 

And they answering said. Some say John the Baptist ; but 

others Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or that one of the old 

prophets is risen again. And he said unto them. But who 

say ye that I am ? 

And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, 
the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said 
unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah : for flesh 
and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father 
who is in heaven. And I also say unto thee, that thou art 
Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church ; and the 
gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give unto 
thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven : and whatsoever 
thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven : and 
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in 
heaven. 

Then charged he the disciples that they should tell no 
man that he was the Christ. 



THE TRANSFIGURATION. 95 

From that time began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, 
how that the Son of man must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer 
many things, be rejected by the elders and chief priests and 
scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up. And 
he spake the saying openly. And Peter took him, and began 
to rebuke him, saying. Be it far from thee, Lord : this shall 
never be unto thee. But he turning about, and seeing his 
disciples, rebuked Peter, and saith. Get thee behind me, 
Satan : thou art a stumbling block unto me : for thou 
mindest not the things of God, but the things of men. 

And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, 
and said unto them. If any man would come after me, let 
him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow 
me. For whosoever would save his life shall lose it ; and 
whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's 
shall save it. For what doth it profit a man, to gain the 
whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self ? For what 
should a man give in exchange for his life ? For whoso- 
ever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adul- 
terous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be 
ashamed of him, when he cometh in his own glory, and 
the glory of his Father with the holy angels. 

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father 
with his angels : and then shall he render unto every man 
according to his deeds. Verily I say unto you, of a truth, 
There be some of them that stand here, who shall in no 
wise taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his 
kingdom, till they see the kingdom of God come with power. 

AND it came to pass about eight days 
after these sayings, Jesus took with 
him Peter and James and John his brother 
and bringeth them up into a high mountain, 
apart by themselves, to pray. And as he 
was praying he was transfigured before them : 



es. 

The 

Transfiguration. 
Matt. 17 : 1-13. 
Mark 9: 2-13. 
Luke 9 : 28-36. 



96 THE TRANSFIGURATION. 

the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his face did 
shine as the sun ; his garments became dazzHng as the light, 
glistering, exceeding white, so as no fuller on earth can whiten 
them. 

And behold, there appeared unto them two men, who were 
Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus ; who appeared in glory, 
and spake with him of his decease which he was abou t to 
accomplish at Jerusalem. 

Now Peter and they that were with him were heavy with 
sleep ; but when they were fully awake they saw his glory 
and the two men that stood with him. And it came to pass, 
as they were parting from him, Peter answered and said 
unto J esus. Lord, it is good for us to be here ; and if thou wilt 
I will make here three booths ; one for thee, and one for 
Moses, and one for Elijah : not knowing what to answer ; 
for they became sore afraid. 

And while he was yet speaking, behold there came a bright 
cloud, overshadowing them ; and they feared as they entered 
into the cloud. And behold, a voice came out of the cloud, 
saying. 

This is my beloved Son, my chosen, in whom I am well 
pleased : hear ye him. 

And when the disciples heard it they fell on their face and 
were sore afraid. And when the voice was past, Jesus came 
and touched them, and said. Arise, and be not afraid. 

And suddenly, looking round about, they saw no one any 
more, save Jesus only with themselves. 

And it came to pass, as they were coming down from the 
mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying. Tell the vision 
to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the 
dead. And the disciples kept the saying, questioning among 
themselves what the rising again from the dead should mean. 

And they asked him. Why then say the scribes that Elijah 
must first come ? And he answered, Elijah indeed cometh 
first, and shall restore all things : but I say unto you that 



THE DEMONIAC BOY. 97 

Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but did 
unto him whatsoever they listed. Even so it is written 
that the Son of man shall suffer many things of them and 
be set at naught. 

Then understood they that he spake unto them of John the 
Baptist. And they held their peace, and told no man in 
those days any of the things which they had seen. 



69. 

The Demoniac 

Boy. 
Matt. 17 : 14-23. 

Mark 9: 14-32. 

Luke 9: 37-45- 



AND it came to pass, on the next day, 
when they were come down from the 
mountain to the disciples, they saw a great 
multitude about them, and scribes question- 
ing with them. And straightway all the 
multitude, when they saw him, were greatly 
amazed, and running to him saluted him. And he asked 
them, What question ye with them ? 

And behold, a man from the multitude came kneeling to 
him, and saying. Lord, I beseech thee to look upon my son, 
for he is my only child. Have mercy on my son ; for he is 
epileptic and suffereth grievously; for oft-times he falleth 
into the fire, and oft-times into the water. Master, I brought 
unto thee my son who hath a dumb spirit ; and wheresoever 
it taketh him it dasheth him down ; and he foameth, and 
grindeth his teeth, and pineth away ; he suddenly crieth out ; 
and it convulseth him that he foameth ; and it hardly de- 
parteth from him, bruising him sorely. And I besought thy 
disciples to cast it out ; and they were not able, and they 
could not cure him. 

And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse 
generation, how long shall I be with you ? how long shall 
I bear with you ? Bring hither thy son to me. And they 
brought him ; and when he saw him, as he was yet a coming, 
straightway the devil dashed him down and convulsed him 
grievously; and be fell on the ground, and wallowed, foam- 
ing. And Jesus asked his father. How long time is it since 



98 THE DEMONIAC BOY. 

this hath come unto him ? And he said, From a child. 
And oft-times it hath cast him both into the fire and into the 
water to destroy him : but if thou canst do anything, have 
compassion on us, and help us. 

And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst ! All things are 
possible to him that believeth. 

Straightway the father of the child cried out, and said, 
with tears, I believe ; help thou mine unbelief. And when 
Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he re- 
buked the unclean spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and 
deaf spirit, I command thee to come out of him, and enter no 
more into him. And having cried out and convulsed him, 
he came out : and the child became as one dead, insomuch 
that the more part said. He is dead. 

But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up, and 
gave him back to his father. And the boy arose ; and he 
was cured from that hour. And they were all astonished at 
the majesty of God. 

Then came the disciples to Jesus when he was come into 
the house, and asked him privately. Why could not we cast 
it out ? And he said unto them. 

Because of your little faith : for verily I say unto you, If 
ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto 
this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place ; and it shall 
remove ; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. This 
kind can come out by nothing save by prayer. 

And they went forth from thence, and passed through Gali- 
lee ; and he would not that any man should know it. For 
while they abode in Galilee, and all were marvelling at all the 
things which he did, Jesus taught his disciples, and said unto 
them. Let these words sink into your ears ; for the Son of 
man shall be delivered up into the hands of men ; and they 
shall kill him, and when he is killed, he shall rise again the 
third day. 

And they were exceeding sorry. But they understood not 



THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. 99 

this saying, and it was concealed from them that they should 
not perceive it : and th^y were afraid to ask him about this 
saying. 



70. 

The Feast 

of 

Tabernacles. 

John 7: I -8 :59. 



A 



ND after these things Jesus walked in 



Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him. 
Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of 
tabernacles, was at hand. His brethren 
therefore said unto him. Depart hence, and go into Judaea, 
that thy disciples also may behold thy works which thou 
doest. For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself 
seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, 
manifest thyself to the world. For even his brethren did not 
believe on him. Jesus therefore saith unto them, My time 
is not yet come ; but your time is alway ready. The 
world cannot hate you ; but me it hateth, because I testify 
of it, that its works are evil. Go ye up unto the feast : I 
go not up yet unto this feast ; because my time is not yet 
fulfilled. And having said these things unto them, he abode 
still in Galilee. 

But when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, then 
went he also up, not publicly, but as it were in secret. The 
Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is 
he ? And there was much murmuring among the multitudes 
concerning him: some said. He is a good man; others said, 
Not so, but he leadeth the multitude astray. Howbeit no 
man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. 

But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up 
into the temple, and taught. The Jews therefore marvelled, 
saying. How knoweth this man letters, having never learned ? 
Jesus therefore answered them, and said, If any man willeth 
to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it be 
of God, or whether I speak from myself. He that speaketh 
from himself seeketh his own glory : but he that seeketh 



lOO THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. 

the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no 
unrighteousness is in him. Did not Moses give you the 
law, and yet none of you doeth the law ? Why seek ye to 
kill me ? My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me. 

The multitude answered, Thou hast a devil : who seeketh 
to kill thee ? Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one 
work, and ye all marvel. For this cause hath Moses given 
you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the 
fathers) ; and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man. If a 
man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of 
Moses may not be broken ; are ye wroth with me, because 
I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath? Judge 
not according to appearance, but judge righteous judg- 
ment. 

Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he 
whom they seek to kill ? And lo, he speaketh openly, and 
they say nothing unto him. Can it be that the rulers indeed 
know that this is the Christ ? Howbeit we know this man 
whence he is : but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth 
whence he is. Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching 
and saying, Ye both know me, and know whence I am ; and 
I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom 
ye know not. I know him ; because I am from him, and he 
sent me. They sought therefore to take him : and no man 
laid his hand on him, because his hour was not yet come. 

But of the multitude many believed on him ; and they said, 
When the Christ shall come, will he do more signs than those 
which this man hath done ? The Pharisees heard the mul- 
titude murmuring these things concerning him; and the 
chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him. 
Jesus therefore said. Yet a little while am I with you, and 
I go unto him that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall 
not find me : and where I am, ye cannot come. The Jews 
therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go 
that we shall not find him ? will he go unto the Dispersion 



THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. lOI 

among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks ? What is this 
word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me : 
and where I am, ye cannot come ? 

Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus 
stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come 
unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the 
scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of 
living water. But this spake he of the Spirit, which they 
that believed on him were to receive : for the Spirit was not 
yet given ; because Jesus was not yet glorified. Some of the 
multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This 
is of a truth the prophet. Others said. This is the Christ. 
But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee ? 
Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the 
seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David 
was ? . So there arose a division in the multitude because of 
him. And some of them would have taken him; but no 
man laid hands on him. 

The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Phari- 
sees ; and they said unto them. Why did ye not bring him ? 
The officers answered. Never man so spake. The Pharisees 
therefore answered them, Are ye also led astray ? Hath any 
of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees ? But this 
multitude which knoweth not the law are accursed. Nico- 
demus saith unto them (he that came to him before, being 
one of them), Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear 
from himself and know what he doeth ? They answered 
and said unto him. Art thou also of Galilee ? Search, and 
see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. 



And they went every man unto his own house : but 
Jesus went unto the mount of OHves. And early in the 
morning he came again into the temple, and all the people 
came unto him ; and he sat down, and taught them. And 
the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having set 
her in the midst; they say unto him, Master, this woman hath been taken in 



The 'Woman 
Taken in 
Adultery. 



The Light of 
the World. 



I02 THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. 

adultery, in the very act. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such : 
what then sayest thou of her? And this they said, tempting him, that they 
might have whereof to accuse him. 

But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. But 
when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them. He 
that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And 
again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. And they, 
when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest, even unto 
the last : and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the midst. 
And Jesus lifted up himself, and said unto her, Woman, ^vhere are they ? 
Did no man condemn thee ? And she said. No man. Lord. And Jesus 
said, Neither do I condemn thee : go thy way ; from henceforth sin 
no more. 

Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, 
saying, I am the light of the world : he that 
followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, 
but shall have the light of life. The Pharisees therefore 
said unto him. Thou bearest witness of thyself ; thy witness 
is not true. Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I 
bear witness of myself, my witness is true ; for I know 
whence I came, and whither I go ; but ye know not whence 
I come, or whither I go. Ye judge after the flesh; I judge 
no man. Yea and if I judge, my judgment is true ; for I 
am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. Yea and 
in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is 
true. I am he that beareth witness of myself, and the 
Father that sent me beareth witness of me. 

They said therefore unto him. Where is thy father ? Jesus 
answered. Ye know neither me, nor my Father : if ye knew 
me, ye would know my Father also. These words spake he 
in the treasury, as he taught in the temple : and no man took 
him ; because his hour was not yet come. 

He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye 
shall seek me, and shall die in your sin : whither I go, ye 
cannot come. The Jews therefore said. Will he kill himself, 
that he saith. Whither I go, ye cannot come ? And he said 
unto them, Ye are from beneath ; I am from above : ye are 



THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. IO3 

of this world ; I am not of this world. I said therefore 
unto you, that ye shall die in your sins : for except ye 
believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. They said 
therefore unto him, Who art thou ? Jesus said unto them, 
Even that which I have also spoken unto you from the 
beginning. I have many things to speak and to judge con- 
cerning you : howbeit he that sent me is true ; and the 
things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the 
world. 

They perceived not that he spake to them of the Father. 
Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of 
man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing 
of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these 
things. And he that sent me is with me ; he hath not left 
me alone ; for I do always the things that are pleasing to 
him. As he spake these things many believed on him. 

Jesus therefore said to those Jews which 
had believed him. If ye abide in my word, 
then are ye truly my disciples ; and ye 
shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 
They answered unto him, We be Abraham's seed, and have 
never yet been in bondage to any man : how sayest thou, 
Ye shall be made free ? Jesus answered them. Verily, verily, 
I say unto you. Every one that committeth sin is the bond- 
servant of sin. And the bondservant abideth not in the 
house forever : the son abideth forever. If therefore the 
Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. 

I know that ye are Abraham's seed ; yet ye seek to kill 
me, because my word hath no place in you. I speak the 
things which I have seen with my Father : and ye also do the 
things which ye heard from your father. They answered 
and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith 
unto them. If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the 
works of Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man 
that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God : this 



Spiritual 
Freedom. 



104 THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. 

did not Abraham. Ye do the works of your father. They 
said unto him, We were not born of fornication ; we have 
one Father, even God. 

Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would 
love me : for I came forth and am come from God ; for 
neither have I come of myself, but he sent me. Why do 
ye not understand my speech ? Even because ye cannot 
hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the 
lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a mur- 
derer from the beginning, and stood, not in the truth be- 
cause there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, 
he speaketh of his own : for he is a liar, and the father 
thereof. But because I say the truth, ye believe me not. 
Which of you convicteth me of sin ? If I say truth, why 
do ye not believe me ? He that is of God heareth the 
words of God : for this cause ye hear them not, because 
ye are not of God. 

The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well 
that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil ? Jesus answered, 
I have not a devil ; but I honour my Father, and ye dis- 
honour me. But I seek not mine own glory : there is one 
that seeketh and judgeth. Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
If a man keep my word, he shall never see death. The 
Jews said unto him, Now we know thou hast a devil. 
Abraham is dead, and the prophets ; and thou sayest, If a 
man keep my word, he shalt never taste of death. Art thou 
greater than our father Abraham, who died ? And the 
prophets died: who makest thou thyself? Jesus answered, 

If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing : it is my Father 
that glorifieth me ; of whom ye say, that he is your God ; 
and ye have not known him : but I know him ; and if I 
should say, I know him not, I shall be like unto you, a liar : 
but I know him and keep his word. Your father Abraham 
rejoiced to see my day ; and he saw it, and was glad. The 



TRUE GREATNESS AND FORGIVENESS. 



105 



Jews therefore said unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years 
old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? Jesus said unto them, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. 
They took up stones therefore to cast at him : but Jesus hid 
himself, and going through the midst of them went his way, 
and so passed by. 

AND when they were come to Capernaum, 
they that received the half -shekel came 
to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay 
the half -shekel ? He saith, Yea. And 
when he came into the house, Jesus spake 
first to him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon ? the kings 
of the earth, from whom do they receive toll or tribute ? 
from their sons, or from strangers ? And when he said, 
From strangers, Jesus said unto him, 

Therefore the sons are free. But, lest we cause them to 
stumble, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up 
the fish that first cometh up ; and when thou hast opened 
his mouth, thou shalt find a shekel : that take, and give 
unto them for me and thee. 





71. 


The 
Fish 


Money in 

the 

's Mouth. 


Matt 


17 : 24-27. 



IN that hour came the disciples to Jesus, 
saying, Who then is the greatest in the 
kingdom of heaven? And when he was 
come into the house he asked them. What 
were ye reasoning in the way ? 

But they held their peace ; for they had 
disputed one with another in the way, who 
was the greatest. 

But when Jesus saw the reasoning of their hearts, he sat 
down and called the twelve : and they came unto him. And 
he called to him a little child, and set him in the midst of 
them; and taking him in his arms he said unto them. 

Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as 



72. 

True Greatness 
and 
Forgiveness. 
Matt. 18 : 1-35. 
Mark 9 : 33-50. 
Luke 9 : 46-50 ; 
17 : 1-4. 



I06 TRUE GREATNESS AND FORGIVENESS. 

little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom 
of heaven. Whosoever, therefore, shall humble himself 
as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom 
of heaven. 

If any man would be first, he shall be last of all, and 
minister of all ; for he that is least among you all, the same 
is great. 

And whosoever shall receive one such little child in my 
name, receiveth me ; and whosoever receiveth me, receiv- 
eth not me but him that sent me. 

And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting 
out devils in thy name, and we forbade him, because he 
followeth not with us. But Jesus said unto him, 

Forbid him not ; for there is no man who shall do a 
mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak 
evil of me. For he that is not against us is for us. For 
whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink, because 
ye are Christ's, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise 
lose his reward. 

But whoso shall cause one of these little ones that be- 
lieve in me to stumble, it were better for him if a great 
millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast 
into the sea, and sunk in the depth of the sea. Woe unto 
the world because of occasions of stumbling ! for it must 
needs be that the occasions come ; but woe to the man 
through whom the occasion cometh ! 

And if thy hand or thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut it 
off, and cast it from thee : it is good for thee to enter into 
life maimed or halt, rather than having two hands or two feet 
to be cast into the eternal, unquenchable fire. And if thine 
eye cause thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from 
thee : it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, 
rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell ; where 
their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. For 
every one shall be salted with fire. Salt is good ; but if 



GREATNESS AND FORGIVENESS. 107 

the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it ? 
Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another. 

See that ye despise not one of these little ones ; for I 
say unto you that in heaven their angels do always behold 
the face of my Father who is in heaven. How think ye ? 
If any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone 
astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto 
the mountain, and seek that which goeth astray ? And if 
so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth over 
it more than over the ninety and nine which have not gone 
astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in 
heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. 

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, shew him his 
fault between thee and him alone : if he hear thee, thou 
hast gained thy brother. But if he hear thee not, take 
with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two wit- 
nesses or three every word may be established. And if he 
refuse to hear them, tell it unto the church : and if he 
refuse to hear the church also, let him be unto thee as the 
Gentile and the publican. 

Verily I say unto you. What things soever ye shall bind 
on earth shall be bound in heaven : and what things soever 
ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I 
say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as 
touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for 
them of my Father who is in heaven. For where two or 
three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the 
midst of them. 

Then came Peter, and said to him, Lord, how oft shall my 
brother sin against me, and I forgive him ? until seven times ? 
Jesus saith unto him, If thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if 
he repent, forgive him. And if he sin against thee seven 
times in the day, and seven times turn again to thee, say- 
ing, I repent ; thou shalt forgive him. I say not unto thee, 
Until seven times ; but. Until seventy times seven. 



I08 HE SET HIS FACE TO GO TO JERUSALEM. 

Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a cer- 
tain king, who would make a reckoning with his servants. 
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto 
him, who owed him ten thousand talents. But foras- 
much as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded 
him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he 
had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell 
down and worshipped him, saying. Lord, have patience 
with me, and I will pay thee all. And the Lord of that 
servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and 
forgave him the debt. But that servant went out, and 
found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hun- 
dred pence : and he laid hold on him, and took him by the 
throat, saying. Pay what thou owest. So his fellow-ser- 
vant fell down and besought him, saying. Have patience 
with me, and I will pay thee. And he would not : but 
went and cast him into prison, till he should pay that which 
was due. So when his fellow-servants saw what was done, 
they were exceeding sorry, and came and told unto their 
lord all that was done. 

Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him. Thou 
wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou 
besoughtest me : shouldest not thou also have had mercy 
on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee ? And 
his lord was wroth and delivered him to the tormentors, 
till he should pay all that was due. 

So shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye for- 
give not every one his brother from your hearts. 



73. 

He Set His 

Face to Go 

to Jerusalem. 

Matt. 8 : 19-22 : 

19 : I, 2. 

Mark 10: i. 

Luke 9 : 51-62. 



AND it came to pass when Jesus had 
finished these words, he arose from 
thence and departed from Galilee. 'And 
when the days were [being] fulfilled that he 
should be received up, he stedfastly set his 
face to go to Jerusalem. And he came into 
the borders of Judaea beyond Jordan; and 



THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY. IO9 

great multitudes followed and came unto him again ; and as 
he was wont he taught them again and he healed them there. 

And he sent messengers before his face : and they went, 
and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready 
for him. And they did not receive him, because his face was 
as though he were going to J erusalem. And when his dis- 
ciples James and John saw this, they said. Lord, wilt thou 
that we bid fire to come down from heaven, and consume 
them ? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said. Ye know 
not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man 
came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And 
they went to another village. 

And as they went in the way, there came a certain scribe, 
and said unto him. Master, I will follow thee whithersoever 
thou goest. And Jesus said unto him. The foxes have holes, 
and the birds of the heaven have nests, but the Son of 
man hath not where to lay his head. And another of the 
disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury 
my father. But Jesus said, Follow me. Leave the dead to 
bury their own dead ; but go thou and publish abroad the 
kingdom of God. And another also said, I will follow thee. 
Lord ; but first suffer me to bid farewell to them that are at 
my house. But Jesus said unto him. No man, having put 
his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the king- 
dom of God. 



74. 

The Mission'of 
the Seventy. 

Matt. 11 : 20-30. 
Luke 10 : 1-24. 



1\T0W after these things the Lord ap- 



pointed seventy others, and sent them 
two and two before his face into every city 
and place, whither he himself was about to 
come. 

And he said unto them. The harvest is plenteous, but the 
labourers are few : pray ye therefore the Lord of the har- 
vest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest. 

Go your ways : behold, I send you forth as lambs in the 



no THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY. 

midst of wolves. Carry no purse, no wallet, no shoes : 
and salute no man on the way. And into whatsoever 
house ye shall enter, first say, Peace be to this house. 
And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon 
him : but if not, it shall turn to you again. And in that 
same house remain, eating and drinking such things as 
they give : for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not 
from house to house. 

And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, 
eat such things as are set before you : and heal the sick 
that are therein, and say unto them. The kingdom of God 
is come nigh unto you. But into whatsoever city ye shall 
enter, and they receive you not, go out into the streets 
thereof and say. Even the dust from your city, that cleav- 
eth to our feet, we do wipe off against you : howbeit know 
this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh. I say unto 
you, It shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than 
for that city. 

He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth 
you rejecteth me ; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him 
that sent me. 

Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his 
mighty works were done, because they repented not. Woe 
unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the 
mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which 
were done in you, they would have repented long ago, 
sitting in sackcloth and ashes. Howbeit I say unto you, 
it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the 
judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, shalt 
thou be exalted unto heaven, thou shalt be brought down 
unto Hades : for if the mighty works had been done in 
Sodom which were done in thee, it would have remained 
until this day. Howbeit I say unto you, that it shall be 
more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judg- 
ment, than for thee. 



Return 

of 

the Seventy. 



WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR? Ill 

And the seventy returned with joy, saying, 
Lord, even the devils are subject unto us in 
thy name. And he said unto them, I beheld 
Satan fallen as lightning from heaven. Behold, I have 
given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, 
and over all the power of the enemy : and nothing shall in 
anywise hurt you. Howbeit in this rejoice not, that the 
spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names 
are written in heaven. 

In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and 
said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, 
that thou didst hide these things from the wise and under- 
standing, and didst reveal them unto babes : yea, Father ; 
for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight. All things have 
been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth 
who the Son is, save the Father ; and who the Father is, 
save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to 
reveal him. 

And turning to the disciples, he said privately, Blessed 
are the eyes which see the things that ye see : for I say unto 
you, that many prophets and kings desired to see the things 
which ye see, and saw them not ; and to hear the things 
which ye hear, and heard them not. 

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, 
and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and 
learn of me ; for I am meek and lowly in heart : and 
ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, 
and my burden is light. 



AND behold, a certain lawyer stood up 
and tempted him, saying, Master, what 
shall I do to inherit eternal life.^ And he 
said unto him. What is written in the law ? 
how readest thou ? And he answering said, Thou shalt love 



75. 

Who Is My 

Neighbor ? 

Luke 10 : 25-37. 



112 WARNING AGAINST PHARISAISM. 

the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, 
and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind ; and thy 
neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast 
answered right : this do and thou shalt live. But he, desir- 
ing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my 
neighbor ? Jesus made answer and said, 

A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho ; 
and he fell among robbers, which both stripped him and 
beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by 
chance a certain priest was going down that way : and 
when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And 
in like manner a Levite also, when he came to the place, 
and saw him, passed by on the other side. 

But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where 
he was : and when he saw him, he was moved with com- 
passion, and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pour- 
ing on them oil and wine ; and he set him on his own 
beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 
And on the morrow he took out two pence, and gave them 
to the host, and said. Take care of him ; and whatsoever 
thou spendest more, I, when I come back again, will repay 
thee. Which of these three, thinkest thou, proved neighbour 
unto him that fell among the robbers ? And he said, He 
that shewed mercy on him. And Jesus said unto him, Go, 
and do thou likewise. 



76. 

Warning 

against 

Pharisaism. 

Luke 11 : 37 - 

13 : 59- 



N' 



[OW as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him 
to dine with him : and he went in, an i 
sat down to meat. And when the Pharisee 
saw it, he marvelled that he had not first 
washed before dinner. And the Lord said 
unto him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the 
outside of the cup and of the platter ; but your inward part 
is full of extortion and wickedness. Ye foolish ones, did 
not he that made the outside make the inside also ? How- 



WARNING AGAINST PHARISAISM. II3 

beit give for alms those things which are within ; and 
behold, all things are clean unto you. 

But woe unto you Pharisees ! for ye tithe mint and rue 
and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God : 
but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other 
undone. Woe unto you Pharisees ! for ye love the chief 
seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market- 
places. Woe unto you ! for ye are as the tombs which 
appear not, and the men that walk over them know it not. 

And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Master, 
in saying this thou reproachest us also. And he said, Woe 
unto you lawyers also ! for ye lade men with burdens 
grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the bur- 
dens with one of your fingers. Woe unto you ! for ye 
build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed 
them. So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of 
your fathers : for they killed them, and ye build their 
tombs. 

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto 
them prophets and apostles ; and some of them they shall 
kill and persecute ; that the blood of all the prophets, 
which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be 
required of this generation ; from the blood of Abel unto 
the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar 
and the sanctuary : yea, I say unto you, it shall be required 
of this generation. Woe unto you lawyers ! for ye took 
away the key of knowledge : ye entered not in yourselves, 
and them that were entering in ye hindered. 

And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and 
the Pharisees began to press upon him vehemently, and to 
provoke him to speak of many things ; laying wait for him, 
to catch something out of his mouth. 

In the meantime, when the many thousands of the multi- 
tude were gathered together, insomuch that they trode one 
upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, 



114 AGAINST COVETOUSNESS. 

Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypoc- 
risy. But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be 
revealed : and hid, that shall not be known. Wherefore 
whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in 
the light ; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner 
chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. 

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them 
that kill the body, and after that have no more that they 
can do. But I will warn you whom ye shall fear : Fear 
him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into 
hell ; yea, I say unto you. Fear him. Are not five sparrows 
sold for two pennies ? and not one of them is forgotten in 
the sight of God. But the very hairs of your head are all 
numbered. Fear not : ye are of more value than many 
sparrows. 

And I say unto you. Every one who shall confess me 
before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before 
the angels of God : but he that denieth me in the presence 
of men shall be denied in the presence of the angels of God. 
And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of 
man, it shall be forgiven him : but unto him that blas- 
phemeth against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven 
And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the 
rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye 
shall answer, or what ye shall say : for the Holy Spirit shall 
teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say. 



77. 

Against 
Covetousness. 
Luke 13 : 13-21. 



A' 



ND one out of the multitude said unto 
him, Master, bid my brother divide 
the inheritance with me. But he said unto 
him, Man, who made me a judge or a 
divider over you ? And he said unto them, Take heed, and 
keep yourselves from all covetousness : for a man's life 
consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he 
possesseth. And he spake a parable unto them, saying, 



MEN LOOKING FOR THEIR LORD. II5 

The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plenti- 
fully : and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall 
I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits ? And 
he said. This will I do : I will pull down my barns, and 
build greater ; and there will I bestow all my corn and my 
goods. And I will say to my soul. Soul, thou hast much 
goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, 
be merry. But God said unto him. Thou foolish one, this 
night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which 
thou hast prepared, whose shall they be ? So is he that 
layeth up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God. 



78. 

1 Look 

^heir L 

Luke 13 : 35-59. 



Men Looking 
for Their Lord. 



L 



ET your loins be girded about, and your 
lamps burning ; and be ye yourselves 



like unto men looking for their lord, when 
he shall return from the marriage feast; 
that, when he cometh and knocketh, they 
may straightway open unto him. Blessed are those 
servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watch- 
ing : verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and 
make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve 
them. And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in 
the third, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 
But know this, that if the master of the house had known 
in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, 
and not have left his house to be broken through. Be ye 
also ready : for in an hour that ye think not the Son of 
man cometh. 

And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, 
or even unto all? And the Lord said, Who then is the 
faithful and wise steward, whom his Lord shall set over 
his household, to give them their portion of food in due 
season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he 
cometh shall he find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you, 
that he will set him over all that he hath. But if that 



Il6 MEN LOOKING FOR THEIR LORD. 

servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his 
coming ; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the 
maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken ; 
the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he ex- 
pecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and 
shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the 
unfaithful. 

And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and made 
not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten 
with many stripes ; but he that knew not, and did things 
worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And 
to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be re- 
quired : and to whom they commit much, of him will they 
ask the more. 

I came to cast fire upon the earth ; and what will I, if 
it is already kindled ? But I have a baptism to be baptized 
with ; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished ! 
Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth ? I 
tell you. Nay; but rather division : for there shall be from 
henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and 
two against three. They shall be divided, father against 
son, and son against father ; mother against daughter, and 
daughter against her mother ; mother in law against her 
daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in 
law. 

And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud 
rising in the west, straightway ye say. There cometh a 
shower ; and so it cometh to pass. And when ye see a 
south wind blowing, ye say. There will be a scorching heat ; 
and it cometh to pass. Ye hypocrites, ye know how to 
interpret the face of the earth and the heaven ; but how is 
it that ye know not how to interpret this time ? And why 
even of yourselves judge ye not what is right ? For as 
thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, 
on the way give dili|;ence to be quit of him; lest haply 



THE BOWED MADE STRAIGHT. 



117 



he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver 
thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison. 
I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, 
till thou have paid the very last mite. 



79. 

Lessons from 

Calamity. 
Luke 13 : 1-9. 



N' 



OW there were some present at that 
very season who told him of the Gali- 
laeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with 
their sacrifices. And he answered and said 
unto them, Think ye that these Galilaeans 
were sinners above all the Galilaeans because they have 
suffered these things ? I tell you, Nay : but, except ye 
repent, ye shall all in like manner perish. Or those eigh- 
teen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, 
think ye that they were offenders above all the men that 
dwell in Jerusalem ? I tell you. Nay : but, except ye re- 
pent, ye shall all likewise perish. 

And he spake this parable : A certain man had a fig tree 
planted in his vineyard : and he came seeking fruit 
thereon, and found none. And he said unto the vinedresser, 
Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig 
tree, and find none : cut it down; why doth it also cumber 
the ground ? And he answering saith unto him. Lord, let 
it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it : 
and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well ; but if not, thou shalt 
cut it down. 



80. 

The Bowed 
Made Straight. 
Luke 13 : 10-17. 



A 



ND he was teaching in one of the syna- 
gogues on the sabbath day. And 
behold, a woman who had a spirit of in- 
firmity eighteen years ; and she was bowed 
together, and could in no wise lift herself up, 
And when Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her. 
Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And he 



Il8 ARE THERE FEW THAT BE SAVED. 

laid his hands upon her : and immediately she was made 
straight, and glorified God. And the ruler of the synagogue, 
being moved with indignation because Jesus had healed on 
the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are 
six days in which men ought to work : in them therefore 
come and be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath. 
But the Lord answered him, and said, Ye hypocrites, doth 
not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass 
from the stall, and lead him away to watering ? And ought 
not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom 
Satan had bound, lo, these eighteen years, to have been 
loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath ? 

And as he said these things, all his adversaries were put to 
shame: and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious 
things that were done by him. 

AND he went on his way through cities 
and villages, teaching, and journeying 
on unto Jerusalem. And one said unto him, 
Lord, are they few that be saved ? And he 
said unto them, Strive to enter in by the 
narrow door : for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter 
in, and shall not be able. When once the master of the 
house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin 
to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, 
open to us ; and he shall answer and say to you, I know 
you not whence ye are ; then shall ye begin to say. We 
did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in 
our streets ; and he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence 
ye are ; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 

There shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth, when 
ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the 
prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast forth 
without. And they shall come from the east and west, and 
from the north and south, and shall sit down in the kingdom 



81. 

Are There 

Few 

That Be Saved. 

Luke 13 : 22-33. 



'I Must Go on 
My Way." 



LESSON AT A SUPPER. II9 

of God. And behold, there are last who shall be first, 
and there are first who shall be last. 

In that very hour there came certain 
Pharisees, saying to him, Get thee out, and 
go hence : for Herod would fain kill thee. 
And he said unto them. Go and say to that fox, Behold, I 
cast out devils and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, 
and the third day I am perfected. Howbeit I must go on 
my way to-day and to-morrow and the day following : for 
it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. 

AND it came to pass, when he went into 
the house of one of the rulers of the 



82. 

Lessons at a 

Supper. 
Luke 14 : 1-24. 



Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that 
they were watching him. And behold, there 
was before him a certain man who had the 
dropsy. And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and 
Pliarisees, saying. Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or 
not ? But they held their peace. And he took him, and 
healed him, and let him go. And he said unto them, Which 
of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will 
not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day? And 
they could not answer again unto these things. 

And he spake a parable unto those which were bidden, 
when he marked how they chose out the chief seats ; say- 
ing unto them. When thou art bidden of any man to a 
marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat ; lest haply 
a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him, and 
he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give 
this man place ; and then thou shalt begin with shame to 
take the lowest place. But when thou art bidden, go and 
sit down in the lowest place ; that when he that hath 
bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee. Friend, go up 
higher : then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all 
that sit at meat with thee. For every one that exalteth 



I20 LESSON AT A SUPPER. 

himself shall be humbled ; and he that humbleth himself 
shall be exalted. 

And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou 
makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy 
brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbours ; lest haply 
they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. 
But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, 
the lame, the blind : and thou shalt be blessed ; because 
they have not wherewith to recompense thee : for thou 
shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just. 

And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard 
these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat 
bread in the kingdom of God. But he said unto him, A 
certain man made a great supper ; and he bade many : 
and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them 
that were bidden. Come ; for all things are now ready. 
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The 
first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs 
go out and see it : I pray thee have me excused. And 
another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to 
prove them : I pray thee have me excused. And another 
said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. 
And the servant came and told his lord these things. 

Then the master of the house being angry said to his 
servant. Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the 
city, and bring in hither the poor and maimed and blind and 
lame. And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst com- 
mand is done, and yet there is room. And the lord said 
unto the servant. Go out into the highways and hedges, 
and constrain them to come in, that my house may be 
filled. For I say unto you, that none of those men who 
were bidden shall taste of my supper. 



THE JOY OVER A PENITENT. 



83. 

Counting the 

Cost. 

Luke 14 : 25-35. 



N 



OW there went with him great multi- 
tudes : and he turned, and said unto 



them, If any man cometh unto me, and 
hateth not his own father, and mother, and 
wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, 
yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Who- 
soever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, 
cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to 
build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, 
whether he have wherewith to complete it ? Lest haply, 
when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all 
that behold begin to mock him, saying. This man began to 
build, and was not able to finish. 

Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in 
war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is 
able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against 
him with twenty thousand ? Or else, while the other is 
yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh 
conditions of peace. So therefore whosoever he be of 
you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my 
disciple. Salt therefore is good : but if even the salt have 
lost its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned ? It is fit 
neither for the land nor for the dunghill : men cast it out. 
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 



84. 

The Joy Over 

a Penitent. 
Luke 15 : 1-32, 



N 



OW all the publicans and sinners were 
drawing near unto him for to hear him. 



And both the Pharisees and the scribes mur- 
mured, saying, This man receiveth sinners 
and eateth with them. 
And he spake unto them this parable, saying, What man 
of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of 
them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, 
and go after that which is lost, until he find it ? And when 
he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 



122 THE JOY OVER A PENITENT. 

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends 

and his neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for 

I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, 

that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner 

that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous 

persons, who need no repentance. 

Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose 

one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and 

seek diligently until she find it ? And when she hath found 

it, she calleth together her friends and neighbours, saying, 

Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had 

lost. Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence 

of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. 

And he said, A certain man had two 

The Prodigal , , , , . , , . 

Son. sons : and the younger of them said to his 

father. Father, give me the portion of thy 
substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them 
his living. And not many days after the younger son 
gathered all together, and took his journey into a far coun- 
try ; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living. 
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in 
that country ; and he began to be in want. And he went 
and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; 
and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he 
would fain have been filled with the husks that the swine 
did eat : and no man gave unto him. 

But when he came to himself he said, How many hired 
servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, 
and I perish here with hunger ! I will arise and go to my 
father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against 
heaven, and in thy sight : I am no more worthy to be 
called thy son : make me as one of thy hired servants. 
And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was 
yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with com- 
passion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 



THE UNJUST STEWARD. 1 23 

And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against 
heaven, and in thy sight : I am no more worthy to be called 
thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth 
quickly the best robe, and put it on him ; and put a ring on 
his hand, and shoes on his feet : and bring the fatted calf, 
and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry : for this my 
son was dead, and is alive again ; he was lost, and is found. 
And they began to be merry. 

Now his elder son was in the field : and as he came and 
drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. And 
he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what 
these things might be. And he said unto him. Thy 
brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, 
because he hath received him safe and sound. But he was 
angry, and would not go in : and his father came out and 
entreated him. But he answered and said to his father, 
Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never trans- 
gressed a commandment of thine : and yet thou never 
gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my 
friends : but when this thy son came, who hath devoured 
thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted 
calf. 

And he said unto him. Son, thou art ever with me, and 
all that is mine is thine. But it was meet to make merry 
and be glad : for this thy brother was dead, and is alive 
again ; and was lost, and is found. 



S5. 

The Unjust 

Steward. 
Luke 16 : 1-17. 



A 



ND he said also unto the disciples, 
There was a certain rich man, who 



had a steward ; and the same was accused 
unto him that he was wasting his goods. 
And he called him, and said unto him. 
What is this that I hear of thee ? render the account of 
thy stewardship ; for thou canst be no longer steward. 
And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, see- 



124 THE UNJUST STEWARD. 

ing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from mie ? 
I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed. I am 
resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the 
stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. And 
calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to 
the first, How much owest thou unto my lord ? And he 
said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him. 
Take thy bond, and sit down quickly and write fifty. Then 
said he to another. And how much owest thou ? And he 
said, A hundred measures of wheat. He sayeth unto him. 
Take thy bond and write fourscore. 

And his lord commended the unrighteous steward be- 
cause he had done wisely : for the sons of this world are 
for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light. 
And I say unto you. Make to yourselves friends by means 
of the mammon of unrighteousness ; that, when it shall 
fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles. 
He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: 
and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous 
also in much. If therefore ye have not been faithful in 
the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust 
the true riches ? And if ye have not been faithful in that 
which is another's, who will give you that which is your 
own ? No servant can serve two masters : for either he 
will hate the one, and love the other ; or else he will hold 
to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and 
mammon. 

And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all 
these things ; and they scoffed at him. And he said unto 
them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of 
men ; but God knoweth your hearts : for that which is 
exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. 
The law and the prophets were until John : from that time 
the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and every 
man entereth violently into it. But it is easier for heaven 



DIVES AND LAZARUS. 1 25 

and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to 
fall. 



se. 

Dives and 

Lazarus. 

Luke 16 : 19-31- 



N 



OW there was a certain rich man, and 
he was clothed in purple and fine 
linen, faring sumptuously every day : and 
a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid 
at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be 
fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table; 
yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores. And it 
came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried 
away by the angels into Abraham's bosom : and the rich 
man also died, and was buried. And in Hades he lifted 
up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar 
off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, 
Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, 
that he may dip the tip of his finger in watsr, and cool my 
tongue ; for I am in anguish in this flame. 

But Abraham said. Son, remember that thou in thy life- 
time receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like 
manner evil things : but now here he is comforted, and 
thou art in anguish. And beside all this, between us and 
you there is a great gulf fixed, that they which would pass 
from hence to you may not be able, and that none may 
cross over from thencs to us. And he said, I pray thee 
therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's 
house ; for I have five brethren ; that he may testify unto 
them, lest they also coms into this place of torment. But 
Abraham saith. They have Moses and the prophets ; let 
them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham : but 
if one go to them from the dead, they will repent. And he 
said unto him. If they hear not Moses and the prophets, 
neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead. 



126 FAITH AND FAITHFULNESS. 



87. 

Faith 

and 

Faithfulness. 

Luke 17 : 5-10. 



AND the apostles said unto the Lord, 
Increase our faith. And the Lord 
said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard 
seed, ye would say unto this sycamine tree, 
Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in 
the sea; and it would [have] obey[ed] you. But who is 
there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, 
that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, 
Come straightway and sit down to meat ; and will not 
rather say unto him. Make ready wherewith I may sup, 
and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and 
drunken ; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink ? Doth 
he thank the servant because he did the things that were 
commanded ? Even so ye also, when ye shall have done 
all the things that are commanded you, say. We are un- 
profitable servants ; we have done that which it was our 
duty to do. 



88. 

m Lei 

rleale( 

Luke 17 : 11-19. 



Ten Lepers 
Healed. 



AND it came to pass, as they were on the 
way to Jerusalem, that he was passing 
through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 
And as he entered into a certain village, 
there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off : 
and they lifted up their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, have 
mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them. 
Go and shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to 
pass, as they went, they were cleansed. 

And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned 
back, with a loud voice glorifying God; and he fell upon 
his face at his feet, giving him thanks : and he was a 
Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten 
cleansed ? but where are the nine ? Were there none 
found that returned to give glory to God, save this 
stranger ? And he said unto him, Arise, and go thy way : 
thy faith hath made thee whole, 



89. 

The Coming of 

the 

Son of Man. 

Luke 17 : 20 - 

18 : 8. 



THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN. 127 

ND being asked by the Pharisees, when 



A^ 



answered them and said, The kingdom of 
God Cometh not with observation : neither 
shall they say, Lo, here ! or, There ! for, 
lo, the kingdom of God is within you. 
And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when 
ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, 
and ye shall not see it. And they shall say to you, Lo, 
there ! Lo, here ! go not away, nor follow after them : for 
as the lightning, when it lighteneth out of the one part 
under the heaven, shineth unto the other part under 
heaven ; so shall the Son of man be in his day. But first 
must he suffer many things and be rejected of this 
generation. 

And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so 
shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They ate, 
they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, 
until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood 
came, and destroyed them all. Likewise even as it came 
to pass in the days of Lot ; they ate, they drank, they 
bought, they sold, they planted, they builded ; but in the 
day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brim- 
stone from heaven, and destroyed them all : after the same 
manner shall it be that the Son of man is revealed. In 
that day, he who shall be on the housetop, and his goods 
in the house, let him not go down to take them away : and 
let him that is in the field likewise not return back. Re- 
member Lot's wife. 

Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it : but 
whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. I say unto 
you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed ; the 
one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. There shall 
be two women grinding together ; the one shall be taken, 
and the other shall be left. And they answering say unto 



128 ACCEPTABLE PRAYER. 

him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the 
body is, thither will the eagles also be gathered together. 

And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they 
ought always to pray, and not to faint ; saying. There was 
in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not 
man : and there was a widow in that city ; and she came oft 
unto him, saying. Avenge me of mine adversary. And he 
would not for awhile : but afterward he said within him- 
self, Though I fear not God nor regard man ; yet because 
this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear 
me out by her continual coming. And the Lord said, 
Hear what the unrighteous judge saith. And shall not 
God avenge his elect, which cry to him day and night, and 
yet he is longsuffering over them ? I say unto you, that 
he will avenge them speedily. Howbeit when the Son of 
man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth ? 



90. 

Acceptable 
Prayer. 

Luke 18 : 9-14- 



A 



ND he spake also this parable unto 
certain who trusted in themselves that 



they were righteous, and set all others at 
nought : Two men went up into the temple 
to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other 
a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with him- 
self, God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, 
extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 
I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get. But 
the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as 
his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, be 
merciful to me a sinner. I say unto you, This man went 
down to his house justified rather than the other : for 
every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled ; but he 
that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 



91. 

The Sacredness 

of Marriage. 

Matt. 19 : 3-12 ; 

Mark 10 : 2-12; 

Luke 16 : t8. 



THE SACREDNESS OF MARRIAGE. 129 

A 



ND there came unto him Pharisees, 
trying him, and asked him, Is it law- 
ful for a man to put away his wife for every 
cause ? And he answered and said unto them, 
What did Moses command you ? Have ye 
not read that he who made them from the 
beginning made them male and female, and said, For 
this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, 
and shall cleave to his wife ; and the twain shall 
become one flesh ? So that they are no more twain, but 
one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let 
not man put asunder. 

They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to 
give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away? He 
said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you 
this commandment and suffered you to put away your 
wives : but from the beginning of the creation it hath not 
been so. And in the house the disciples asked him again of 
this matter. And he saith unto them. Whosoever shall put 
away his wife, except for fornication and shall marry 
another, committeth adultery against her : and if she her- 
self shall put away her husband, and marry another, she 
committeth adultery : and he that marrieth her when she 
is put away committeth adultery. The disciples say unto 
him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not ex- 
pedient to marry. 

But he said unto them, All m^n cannot receive this say- 
ing, but they to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs, 
that were so born from their mother's womb: and there 
are eunuchs that were made eunuchs by men : and 
there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for 
the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive 
it, let him receive it. 



I30 



HE BLESSES LITTLE CHILDREN. 



92. 

He Blesses 
Little Children. 

Matt. 19 : 13-15; 
Mark 10 : 13-16; 
Luke 18 : 15-17. 



T' 



^HEN they brought unto him little chil- 
dren, — their babes, — that he should 
lay his hands on them and pray : but when 
the disciples saw it they rebuked them. But 
when Jesus saw it he was moved with in- 
dignation and said unto them. Suffer the 
little children to come unto me, and forbid them not ; for 
of such is the kingdom of heaven. Verily, I say unto you, 
Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a 
little child, he shall in no wise enter therein. And he 
called them unto him, took them in his arms, and laid his 
hands upon them and blessed them ; and departed thence. 



93. 

The Young 

Ruler's Lesson. 

Matt. 19 : 16 - 

20 : 16. 

Mark 10 : 17-31. 

Luke 18 : 18-30. 



AND as he was going forth into the way, 
behold a certain ruler came running, 
and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good 
master, what good thing shall I do, that I 
may inherit eternal life.^ And Jesus said 
unto him, Why callest thou me good ? one 
there is who is good ; none is good save one, even God. 
But if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the command- 
ments. He saith unto him, Which ? And Jesus said, Thou 
knowest : thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adul- 
tery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, 
defraud not, honor thy father and thy mother ; and thou 
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 

The young man saith unto him. Master, all these things 
have I observed from my youth up : what lack I yet ? And 
when Jesus heard it, looking upon him he loved him, and 
said, One thing thou lackest yet. If thou wouldst be perfect, 
go, sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and 
thou shalt have treasure in heaven ; and come, follow me. 

But when the young man heard these things, his counte- 
nance fell, and he went away exceeding sorrowful ; for he 
was one that had great possessions. And Jesus seeing him, 



THE YOUNG RULER S LESSON. 131 

looked round about, and said unto his disciples, Verily I say 
unto you, it is hard for a rich man to enter into the king- 
dom of heaven. How hardly shall they that have riches 
enter into the kingdom of God ! 

And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus 
answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard 
is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom 
of God ! And again I say unto you. It is easier for a camel 
to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter 
into the kingdom of God. 

And when the disciples heard it, they were astonished ex- 
ceedingly, saying, Who then can be saved ? And Jesus, 
looking upon them, said, With men this is impossible, but 
not with God ; for all things are possible with God. 

Then answered Peter, and said unto him, Lo, we have 
left all, and followed thee ; what then shall we have ? And 
Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that ye who 
have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of 
man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon 
twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 

And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or 
sisters or father or mother or children or lands for my sake 
and the Gospel's, shall receive a hundred fold more now 
in this time, houses and brethren and sisters and mothers 
and children and lands, with persecutions ; and in the 
world to come shall inherit eternal life. But many that 
are first shall be last, and the last first. 

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a 
householder, which went out early in the 
morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 
And when he had agreed with the labour- 
ers for a penny a day, he sent them into his 
vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw 
others standing in the marketplace idle ; and to them he 
said. Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right 



The Laborers 

in the 
Vineyard. 



132 THE VISIT TO MARTHA AND MARY. 

I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went 
out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. 
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others 
standing ; and he saith unto them. Why stand ye here all 
the day idle ? They say unto him. Because no man hath 
hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vine- 
yard. 

And when even was come, the lord of the vineyard 
saith unto his steward. Call the labourers, and pay them 
their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. And 
when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, 
they received every man a penny. And when the first 
came, they supposed that they would receive more ; and they 
likewise received every man a penny. And when they re- 
ceived it, they murmured against the householder, saying, 
These last have spent but one hour, and thou hast made 
them equal unto us, who have borne the burden of the 
day and the scorching heat. But he answered and said 
to one of them. Friend, I do thee no wrong ; didst not thou 
agree with me for a penny ? Take up that which is thine 
and go thy way ; it is my will to give unto this last, even 
as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with 
mine own ? or is thine eye evil, because I am good ? So 
the last shall be first, and the first last. 



94. 

The Visit to 

Martha and 

Mary. 

Luke 10 : 38-42. 



N' 



OW as they went on their way, he en- 
tered into a certain village : and a 
certain woman named Martha received him 
into her house. And she had a sister called 
Mary, who also sat at the Lord's feet, and 
heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much 
serving ; and she came up to him, and said, Lord, dost thou 
not care that my sister did leave me to serve alone ? bid her 
therefore that she help me. But the Lord answered and 
said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled 



95. 

aling C 

irn Blir 

John 9 : 1-4 1. 



Healing One 
Born Blind. 



HEALING ONE BORN BLIND. 133 

about many things : but one thing is needful : for Mary 
hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away 
from her. 

AND as he passed by, he saw a man blind 
from his birth. And his disciples 
asked him, saying, Rabbi, who did sin, this 
man, or his parents, that he should be born 
blind? Jesus answered, Neither did this 
man sin, nor his parents : but that the works of God should 
be made manifest in him. We must work the works of 
him that sent me, while it is day : the night cometh, when 
no man can work. When I am in the world, I am the light 
of the world. 

When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and 
made clay of the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay, 
and said unto him. Go wash in the pool of Siloam (which is 
by interpretation. Sent). He went away therefore, and 
washed, and came seeing. The neighbours therefore, and 
they who saw him aforetime, that he was a beggar, said. 
Is not this he that sat and begged ? Others said. It is he : 
others said. No, but he is like him. He said, I am he. 

They said therefore unto him. How then were thine eyes 
opened 1 He answered. The man that is called Jesus made 
clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to 
Siloam, and wash : so I went away and washed, and I 
received sight. And they said unto him, Where is he 1 He 
saith, I know not. 

They bring to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. 
Now it was the sabbath on the day when Jesus made the 
clay, and opened his eyes. Again therefore the Pharisees 
also asked him how he received his sight. And he said unto 
them. He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do 
see. Some therefore of the Pharisees said, This man is not 
from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. But others 



134 HEALING ONE BORN BLIND. 

said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs ? And 
there was a division among them. 

They say therefore unto the bhnd man again, What say est 
thou of him, in that he opened thine eyes ? And he said. 
He is a prophet. The Jews therefore did not beheve con- 
cerning him, that he had been bhnd, and had received his 
sight, until they called the parents of him that had received 
his sight, and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye 
say was born blind ? how then doth he now see ? His parents 
answered and said. We know that this is our son, and that 
he was born blind : but how he now seeth, we know not ; or 
who opened his eyes, we know not : ask him ; he is of age ; 
he shall speak for himself. These things said his parents, 
because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed 
already, that if any man should confess him Christ, he should 
be put out of the synagogue. Therefore said his parents, 
He is of age ; ask him. 

So they called a second time the man that was blind, and 
said unto him. Give glory to God : we know that this man is 
a sinner. He therefore answered. Whether he be a sinner, 
I know not : one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, 
now I see. They said therefore unto him. What did he to 
thee ? how opened he thine eyes ? He answered them, I 
told you even now, and ye did not hear : wherefore would ye 
hear it again ? would ye also become his disciples ? And 
they reviled him, and said. Thou art his disciple ; but we are 
disciples of Moses. We know that God hath spoken unto 
Moses : but as for this man, we know not whence he is. 
The man answered and said unto them. Why, herein is the 
marvel, that ye know not whence he is, and yet he opened 
mine eyes. We know that God heareth not sinners : but if 
any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he 
heareth. Since the world began it was never heard that any 
one opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were 
not from God, he could do nothing. They answered and 



THE GOOD SHEPHERD. 135 

said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost 
thou teach us ? And they cast him out. 

Jesus heard that they had cast him out ; and finding him, 
he said, Dost thou believe on the Son of God ? He answered 
and said. And who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him ? 
Jesus said unto him. Thou hast both seen him, and he it is 
that speaketh with thee. And he said. Lord, I believe. 
And he worshipped him. And Jesus said. For judgment 
came I into this world, that they who see not may see ; 
and that they who see may become blind. 

Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these 
things, and said unto him. Are we also blind ? Jesus said 
unto them. If ye were blind, ye would have no sin : but now 
ye say, We see : your sin remaineth. 



96. 

The Good 

Shepherd. 

John 10 : 1-42. 



V 



''ERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that 
entereth not by the door into the fold 
of the sheep, but climbeth up some other 
way, the same is a thief and a robber. But 
he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 
To him the porter openeth ; and the sheep hear his voice : 
and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them 
out. When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before 
them, and the sheep follow him : for they know his voice. 
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him : 
for they know not the voice of strangers. This parable 
spake Jesus unto them : but they understood not what things 
they were which he spake unto them. 

Jesus therefore said unto them again. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that came before 
me are thieves and robbers : but the sheep did not hear 
them. I am the door : by me if any man enter in, he shall 
be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture. 
The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and 
destroy : I came that they may have life, and may have it 



136 THE FEAST OF DEDICATION. 

abundantly. I am the good shepherd : the good shepherd 
layeth down his life for the sheep. He that is a hireling, 
and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth 
the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fieeth, and the 
wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them : he fieeth 
because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep. 

I am the good shepherd ; and I know mine own, and mine 
own know me, even as the Father knoweth me, and I know 
the Father ; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And 
other sheep I have, which are not of this fold : them also I 
must bring, and they shall hear my voice ; and they shall 
become one flock, one shepherd. Therefore doth the 
Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may 
take it again. No one taketh it away from me, but I lay 
it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I 
have power to take it again. This commandment re- 
ceived I from my Father. 

There arose a division again among the Jews because of 
these words. And many of them said, He hath a devil, and 
is mad ; why hear ye him ? Others said, These are not the 
sayings of one possessed with a devil. Can a devil open the 
eyes of the blind ? 



97. 

The Feast 

of 

Dedication. 

John 10 : 22-42. 



A' 



ND it was the feast of the dedication at 
Jerusalem: it was winter; and Jesus 
was walking in the temple in Solomon's 
porch. The Jews therefore came round 
about him, and said unto him, How long 
dost thou hold us in suspense ? If thou art the Christ, tell us 
plainly. Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believe 
not : the works that I do in my Father's name, these bear 
witness of me. But ye believe not, because ye are not of 
my sheep. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, 
and they follow me : and I give unto them eternal life ; and 
they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out 



THE RAISING OF LAZARUS. 137 

of my hand. My Father, who hath given them unto me, 
is greater than all ; and no one is able to snatch them out of 
the Father's hand. I and the Father are one. 

The Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus 
answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from 
the Father ; for which of those works do ye stone me ? 
The Jews answered him, For a good w^ork we stone thee not, 
but for blasphemy ; and because that thou, being a man, 
makest thyself God. Jesus answered them, Is it not written 
in your law, I said, Ye are gods ? If he called them gods, 
unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture can- 
not be broken), say ye of him whom the Father sanctified 
and sent into the world. Thou blasphemest; because I 
said, I am the Son of God ? If I do not the works of my 
Father, believe me not. But if I do them, though ye 
believe not me, believe the works : that ye may know and 
understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father. 
They sought again to take him : and he \vent forth out of 
their hand. 

And he went aw^ay again beyond Jordan into the place 
w^iere John was at the first baptizing; and there he abode. 
And many came unto him ; and the}^ said, John indeed did 
no sign : but all things whatsoever John spake of this man 
were true. x\nd many believed on him there. 



98. 

The Raising 

of 

Lazarus. 

John 11 : 1-54. 



N 



OW a certain man w^as sick, Lazarus of 
Bethan}', of the village of ]\Iary and 
her sister ]\Iartha. And it was that Mary 
who anointed the Lord with ointment, and 
^\nped his feet with her hair, whose brother 
Lazarus was sick. The sisters therefore 
sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou iovest is 
sick. But w^hen Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not 
unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God 
may be glorified thereby. 



138 THE RAISING OF LAZARUS. 

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. 
When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that 
time two days in the place where he was. Then after this 
he saith to the disciples, Let us go into Judaea again. The 
disciples say unto him, Rabbi, the Jews were but now seek- 
ing to stone thee ; and goest thou thither again ? Jesus 
answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day ? If a man 
walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the 
light of this world. But if a man walk in the night, he 
stumbleth, because the light is not in him. 

These things spake he : and after this he saith unto them. 
Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep ; but I go, that I may 
awake him out of sleep. The disciples therefore said unto 
him, Lord, if he is fallen asleep, he will recover. Now Jesus 
had spoken of his death : but they thought that he spake of 
taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus therefore said unto them 
plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes 
that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe ; never- 
theless let us go unto him. Thomas therefore, who is called 
Didymus, said unto his fellow-disciples. Let us also go, that 
we may die with him. 

So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the 
tomb four days already. Now Bethany was nigh unto Jeru- 
salem, about fifteen furlongs off; and many of the Jews had 
come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their 
brother. Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was 
coming, went and met him : but Mary still sat in the house. 
Martha therefore said unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been 
here, my brother had not died. And even now I know that, 
whatsoever thou shalt ask of God, God will give thee. Jesus 
saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith 
unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection 
at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, 
and the life : he that believeth on me, though he die, yet 
shall he live : and whosoever liveth and believeth on me 



THE RAISING OF LAZARUS. 139 

shall never die. Believest thou this ? She saith unto him, 
Yea, Lord : I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son 
of God, even he that cometh into the world. 

And when she had said this, she went away, and called 
Mary her sister secretly, saying. The Master is here, and 
calleth thee. And she, when she heard it, arose quickly, and 
went unto him. (Now Jesus was not yet come into the 
village, but was still in the place where Martha met him.) 
The Jews then who were with her in the house, and were 
comforting her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up 
quickly and went out, followed her, supposing that she was 
going unto the tomb to weep there. Mary therefore, when 
she came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at his 
feet, saying unto him. Lord, if thou hadst been here, my 
brother had not died. When Jesus therefore saw her weep- 
ing, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he 
groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said. Where 
have ye laid him ? They say unto him Lord, come and 
see. Jesus wept. 

The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him ! But 
some of them said. Could not this man, who opened the 
eyes of him that was blind, have caused that this man also 
should not die? Jesus therefore again groaning in himself 
cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay 
against it. Jesus saith. Take ye away the stone. Martha, 
the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him. Lord, by 
this time he stinketh : for he hath been dead four days. 
Jesus saith unto her. Said I not unto thee, that, if thou 
believedst, thou shouldest see the glory of God ? 

So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his 
eyes, and said. Father, I thank thee that thou heardest me. 
And I knew that thou hearest me always : but because of 
the multitude which standeth around I said it, that they 
may believe that thou didst send me. And when he had 
thus spoken, he cried with aloud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 



140 GOING UP TO JERUSALEM. 

He that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with 
grave-clothes ; and his face was bound about with a napkin. 
Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. 

Many therefore of the Jews, who came to Mary and be- 
held that which he did, believed on him. But some of them 
went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which 
Jesus had done. The chief priests therefore and the Phari- 
sees gathered a council, and said, What do we ? for this man 
doeth many signs. If we let him thus alone, all men will 
believe on him ; and the Romans will come and take away 
both our place and our nation. But a certain one of them, 
Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said unto them, Ye 
know nothing at all, nor do ye take account that it is ex- 
pedient for you that one man should die for the people, and 
that the whole nation perish not. Now this he said not of him- 
self : but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus 
should die for the nation ; and not for the nation only, but 
that he might also gather together into one the children of 
God that are scattered abroad. So from that day forth they 
took counsel that they might put him to death. 

Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, 
but departed thence into the country near to the wilderness, 
into a city called Ephraim ; and there he tarried with the 
disciples. 

AND they were in the way, going up to 
Jerusalem ; and Jesus was going before 
them : and they were amazed ; and they that 
followed were afraid. And he took the 
twelve disciples apart, and began to tell 
them the things that were to happen unto 
him, and said unto them. 

Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all the things that 
are written by the prophets shall be accomplished unto the 
Son of man. For he shall be delivered unto the chief 



99. 

Going up to 
Jerusalem. 

Matt. 20 : 17-28. 

Mark 10 : 32-45. 

Luke 18 : 3i-34- 



GOING UP TO JERUSALEM. 141 

priests and scribes and shamefully entreated ; and they 
shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him unto the 
Gentiles : and they shall mock him, and shall spit upon 
him, and shall scourge him, and crucify him, and kill him ; 
and the third day he shall rise again. 

And they understood none of these things ; and this say- 
ing was hid from them, and they perceived not the things 
that were said. Then came near to him the mother of James 
and John, the sons of Zebedee, with her two sons, worship- 
ping him, saying unto him, Master, we would that thou 
shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall ask of thee. And 
he said unto her. What wouldest thou? She saith unto 
him. Command that these my two sons may sit, one on thy 
right hand and one on thy left hand, in thy kingdom. And 
he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you ? 
And they said unto him. Grant unto us that we may sit, one 
on thy right hand and one on thy left hand in thy glory. 

But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. 
Are ye able to drink the cup I am about to drink ? or to be 
baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with ? And 
they said unto him, We are able. And Jesus said unto them. 
My cup indeed ye shall drink ; and with the baptism that I 
am baptized withal ye shall be baptized : but to sit on my 
right hand or on my left hand, is not mine to give : but it 
is for them for whom it hath been prepared of my Father. 

And when the ten heard it they were moved with indigna- 
tion concerning the two brethren, James and John. But 
Jesus called them to him, and said. 

Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, 
and their great ones exercise authority over them. Not so 
shall it be among you : but whosoever would become great 
among you shall be your servant ; and whosoever would be 
first among you shall be servant of all. For verily the Son 
of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, 
and to give his life a ransom for many. 



100. 

Blind Men at 

Jericho. 

Matt. 20 : 29-34. 

Mark 10 : 46-52. 

Luke 18 : 35-43- 



142 BLIND MEN AT JERICHO. 

AND they come to Jericho. And it came 
to pass, as he was nigh unto Jericho 
with his disciples, a great multitude followed 
him. And a certain blind man sat by the 
wayside, begging; and Bartimaeus, the son 
of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by 
the wayside. And behold, the two blind men, hearing a mul- 
titude going by, inquired what this meant. And when they 
told them, Jesus of Nazareth passeth by, they cried out. Lord 
Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on us ! And many that 
went before rebuked them, that they should hold their peace ; 
but they cried out a great deal more. Lord, have mercy on 
us, thou son of David. 

And Jesus stood still, and called them and commanded 
them to be brought unto him. And they call the blind men, 
saying. Be of good cheer : rise, he calleth you. And they, 
casting away their garments, sprang up and came to Jesus : 
and when they were come near he asked them. 

What will ye that I should do unto you ? They said unto 
him. Lord Rabboni, that our eyes may be opened, that we 
may receive our sight. 

And Jesus, being moved with compassijon, touched their 
eyes, and said unto them. Receive your sight ; your faith 
hath made you whole : go your way. And immediately 
they received their sight, and followed him in the way, glori- 
fying God ; and all the people, when they saw it, gave 
praise unto God. 

AND he entered and was passing through 
Jericho. And behold, a man called by 
name Zacchaeus ; and he was a chief publi- 
can, and he was rich. And he sought to see 
Jesus who he was; and could not for the 
crowd, because he was little of stature. And he ran on 
before, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him : for 



101. 

Zacchaeus' 

Conversion. 

Luke 19 : i-io. 



THE NOBLEMAN AND HIS SERVANTS. 143 

he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, 
he looked up, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, 
and come down ; for to-day I must abide at thy house. 
And he made haste, and came down, and received him joy- 
fully. And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He 
is gone in to lodge with a man that is a sinner. 

And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord, Behold, 
Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have 
wrongfully exacted aught of any man, I restore fourfold. 
And Jesus said unto him, To-day is salvation come to this 
house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the 
Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost. 



102. 

The Nobleman 

and His 

Servants. 

Luke 19 : 11-28. 



A' 



ND as they heard these things, he added 
and spake a parable, because he was 
nigh to Jerusalem, and because they sup- 
posed that the kingdom of God was imme- 
diately to appear. He said therefore, 
A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive 
for himself a kingdom, and return. And he called ten ser- 
vants of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said unto 
them, Trade ye herewith till I come. But his citizens 
hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We 
will not that this man reign over us. And it came to pass, 
when he was come back again, having received the king- 
dom, that he commanded these servants, unto whom he 
had given the money, to be called to him, that he might 
know what they had gained by trading. And the first 
came before him, saying, Lord, thy pound hath made ten 
pounds more. And he said unto him, Well done, thou good 
servant : because thou wast found faithful in a very little, 
have thou authority over ten cities. And the second came, 
saying. Thy pound. Lord, hath made five pounds. And he 
said unto him also. Be thou also over five cities. 

And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy 



T44 MARY ANOINTS HIM AT BETHANY. 

pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin : for I feared thee, 
because thou art an austere man : thoutakest up that thou 
layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. He 
saith unto him. Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, 
thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere 
man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did 
not sow; then wherefore gavest thou not my money into 
the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with 
interest ? And he said unto them that stood by. Take away 
from him the pound, and give it unto him that hath the ten 
pounds. And they said unto him. Lord, he hath ten pounds. 
I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be 
given ; but from him that hath not, even that which he 
hath shall be taken away from him. Howbeit these mine 
enemies, who would not that I should reign over them, 
bring hither, and slay them before me. 

And when he had thus spoken, he went on before, going up 
to Jerusalem. 

OW the passoverof the Jews was at 
hand : and many went up to Jerusa- 
lem out of the country before the passover, 
to purify themselves. They sought there- 
fore for Jesus, and spake one with another, 
as they stood in the temple, What think 
ye? That he will not come to the feast? 
Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given command- 
ment, that, if any man knew where he was, he should shew 
it, that they might take him. 

Jesus therefore six days before the passover, came to 
Bethany, where Lazarus was whom Jesus raised from the 
dead. So they made him a supper there, in the house of 
Simon the leper ; and Martha served ; but Lazarus was one 
of them that sat at meat with him. Mary therefore took an 
alabaster cruse having a pound of ointment of spikenard, 
very costly ; and she brake the cruse and poured the oint- 



103. 

Mary Anoints 

Him 

at Bethany. 

Matt. 36 : 6-13. 

Mark 14 : 3-9. 

John 11: 55-13: 11. 



N 



1 



THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. I45 

ment over his head, as he sat at meat, and anointed the feet 
of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair : and the house 
was filled with the odor of the ointment. 

But when the disciples saw it, there were some that had 
indignation among themselves, saying. To what purpose 
hath this waste of the ointment been made ? Judas Iscariot, 
one of his disciples, who should betray him, saith, Why was 
not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given 
to the poor.^ Now this he said, not because he cared for the 
poor ; but because he was a thief, and carried the bag, and 
took away what was put therein. And they murmured at her. 

But Jesus perceiving it said unto them. Let her alone ; 
why trouble ye the woman ? She hath wrought a good 
work upon me. For ye have the poor always with you, 
and whensoever ye will ye can do them good ; but me ye 
have not always. She hath done what she could : for in 
that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to 
prepare me aforehand for burial. And verily I say unto 
you, Wheresoever the gospel shall be preached throughout 
the whole world, that also which this woman hath done 
shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. 

The common people therefore of the Jews learned that he 
was there : and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that 
they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the 
dead. But the chief priests took counsel that they might 
put Lazarus also to death ; because that by reason of him 
many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. 



104. 

The Triumphal 

Entry. 
Matt. 31 : i-n. 
Mark 11 : i-ii. 
Luke 19 : 29-44. 
John 12 : 12-19. 







N the morrow, when they drew nigh unto 
Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage 
and Bethany at the mount of Olives, Jesus 
sent two of his disciples, saying, Go into the 
village over against you ; in which as ye 
enter ye shall find an ass tied and a colt 
with her whereon no man ever yet sat ; 



146 THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. 

loose them and bring them unto me. And if any one say 
unto you, Why do ye this ? say ye, The Lord hath need of 
him ; and straightway he will send them. 

And they that were sent went, and did even as Jesus 
appointed them, and found a colt tied at the door without 
in the open street; and they loose him. And the owners 
thereof that stood there raid unto them. What do ye, loosing 
the colt ? And they said. The Lord hath need of him : and 
they let them go. And they brought the ass and the colt ; 
and they threw their garments on the colt and ' sat Jesus 
thereon. 

Now this came to pass that it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken by the prophet, saying. Tell ye the daughter of Zion, 
Fear not ; behold, thy king cometh unto thee, meek, and 
riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass. 
These things understood not his disciples at the first: but 
when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these 
things were written of him, and that they had done these 
things unto him. 

The multitude therefore that was with him when he called 
Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bare 
witness. For this cause also the multitude went and met 
him, for that they heard that he had done this sign. The 
Pharisees therefore said among themselves. Behold how ye 
prevail nothing : lo, the world is gone after him. 

And a great multitude that had come to Jerusalem to the 
feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 
took branches of palm trees and went forth to meet him. 
And the most part of the multitude spread their garments in 
the way ; and others cut branches from the trees, which they 
had cut from the fields, and spread them in the way. 

And as he was now drawing nigh, even at the descent of 
the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples, and 
they that went before and they that followed began to rejoice 
and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works 



THE TEMPLE PURIFIED. I47 

which they had seen ; saying, Hosanna to the son of David, 
Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the 
Lord : peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. Blessed is 
the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name 
of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. 

And some of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto 
him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and 
said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the 
stones will cry out. 

And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it, 
saying, O that thou hadst known in this day, even thou, the 
things which belong unto peace ! but now they are hid from 
thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, when 
thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass 
thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall dash 
thee to the ground, and thy children within thee ; and they 
shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because 
thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. 

And he entered into Jerusalem. And when he was come 
into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying. Who is this ? 
And the multitudes said, This is the prophet, Jesus, from 
Nazareth of Galilee. 



105. 

The Temple 

Purified. 

Matt. 21 : 12-17. 

Mark 11: 11, 15-19. 

Luke 19 : 45, 48; 

31:37,38. 



A 



ND Jesus entered into the temple of 
God, and began to cast out all them 
that sold and bought in the temple, and over- 
threw the tables of the money-changers and 
the seats of them that sold doves ; and he 
would not suffer that any man should carry 
a vessel through the temple. And he taught, 
and said unto them. Is it not written. My house shall be 
called a house of prayer for all nations ? but ye have made 
it a den of robbers. And the blind and the lame came to 
him in the temple ; and he healed them. 

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the won- 



148 THE BARREN FIG TREE. 

derful things that he did, and the children that were in the 
temple, crying, Hosanna to the son of David, they were 
moved with indignation, and said unto him, Hearest thou 
what these are saying ? And Jesus saith unto them. Yea : 
did ye never read, Out of the mouths of babes and suck- 
lings thou hast perfected praise ? 

And the chief priests and the scribes and the principal 
men of the people heard it, and sought how they might 
destroy him ; and they could not find what they might do ; 
for they feared him ; for all the multitude was astonished at 
his teaching, and the people all hung upon him, listening. 

And when he had looked round about upon all things, it 
being now eventide, he went out unto Bethany with the 
twelve. 



106. 

The Barren 

Fig Tree. 

Matt. 31: 18-22. 

Mark 11: 12-14, 

20-26. 



N' 



[ O W on the morrow, as he returned to 
the city in the morning, when they 
were come out of Bethany he hungered. 
And seeing a fig tree afar off by the way- 
side, having leaves, he came, if haply he 
might find anything thereon : but when he 
came to it he found nothing but leaves ; for it was not the 
season of figs. And he answered and said unto it. No man 
eat fruit from thee, let there be no fruit from thee, hence- 
forward forever. And his disciples heard it. And immedi- 
ately the fig tree withered away. 

And as they passed by, in the morning, they saw the fig 
tree withered away from the roots. And Peter, calling to 
remembrance, saith unto him. Rabbi, behold, the fig tree 
which thou cursedst is withered away. And Jesus answering 
saith unto them, 

Have faith in God. Verily I say unto you, if ye have 
faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do what is done to 
the fig tree ; but even, whosoever shall say unto this 
mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea; an4 



HIS AUTHORITY CHALLENGED. I49 

shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he 
saith Cometh to pass, it shall be done. 

Therefore I say unto you, all things whatsoever ye shall 
ask in prayer, believe that ye have received them, and 
ye shall have them. And whensoever ye stand praying, 
forgive, if ye have aught against any one ; that your 
Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your 
trespasses. 



107. 

His Authority 

Challenged. 
Matt. 21 : 23-32. 
Mark 11 : 27-33. 
Luke 30: 1-8. 



AND it came to pass on one of the days, 
when he was come again to Jerusalem 
and was walking in the temple, teaching the 
people, and preaching the gospel, there came 
upon him the chief priests and the scribes 
with the elders of the people; and they 
spake, saying unto him, Tell us : by what authority doest 
thou these things ? or who gave thee this authority ? 

And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask 
you one question, which if ye answer me, I likewise will 
tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism 
of John, whence was it ? from heaven or from men ? And 
they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say. 
From heaven ; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him ? 
But if we shall say, From men ; we fear the multitude ; all 
the people will stone us : for all verily be persuaded that 
John was a prophet. And they answered that they knew 
not whence it was. And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell 
I you by what authority I do these things. 

But what think ye ? A man had two sons ; and he came 
to the first, and said. Son, go work to-day in the vineyard. 
And he answered and said, I will not : but afterward he 
repented [himself] and went. And he came to the second, 
and said likewise. And he said, I go, sir : and went not. 
Whether of the twain did the will of his father ? They 
say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, 



150 THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN. 

Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots 
go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came 
unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him 
not : but the publicans and the harlots believed him : and 
when ye saw it ye did not even repent yourselves after- 
ward, that ye might believe him. 



108. 

The Wicked 
Husbandmen. 
Matt. 31 : 33-46. 
Mark 12 : 1-12. 
Luke 30 : 9-19. 



H" 



[EAR another parable: There was a 
man that was a householder, who 
planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about 
it, and digged a wine-press in it, and built 
a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and 
went into another country for a long time. 
And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent a ser- 
vant to the husbandmen, to receive of the fruits of the 
vineyard. And they took him, and beat him, and sent him 
away empty. And again he sent unto them another ser- 
vant ; and him also they beat and wounded in the head and 
handled him shamefully, and sent him away empty. And 
he sent yet a third ; and him also they wounded, and cast 
him forth. And he sent another ; and him they killed : 
and again he sent many others, and they did unto them in 
like manner, beating some and killing some. 

And the lord of the vineyard had yet one, a beloved son : 
and he said, What shall I do ? I will send my beloved 
son : it may be they will reverence him : he sent him last 
unto them. But when those husbandmen saw him, they 
reasoned one with another, saying, This is the heir : come 
let us kill him, and take his inheritance, that the inheritance 
may be ours. And they took him, and killed him, and 
cast him forth out of the vineyard. When therefore the 
lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those 
husbandmen? 

They say unto him. He will miserably destroy those miser- 
able men, and will let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, 



THE MARRIAGE FEAST. 151 

who shall render him the fruits in their seasons. And they 
that heard it said, Be it not so ! But he looked upon them, 
and said. 

What then is this that is written, The stone which the 
builders rejected, the same was made the head of the 
corner : this was from the Lord, and it is marvellous in 
our eyes. Therefore I say unto you, The kingdom of God 
shall be taken away from you, and shall be given to a 
nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. And every one 
that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces ; but on 
whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust. 

And when the chief priests and the scribes and the Phari- 
sees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of 
them. And when they sought to lay hold on him, in that 
very hour, they feared the multitudes, because they took him 
for a ]^rophet : and they left him, and went away. 

AND Jesus answered and spake again in 
parables unto them, saying. The king- 
dom of heaven is likened unto a certain 
king, who made a marriage feast for his 
son, and sent forth his servants to call them 
that were bidden to the marriage feast : and they would 
not come. Again he sent forth other servants, saying. 
Tell them that are bidden. Behold, I have made ready my 
dinner : my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things 
are ready : come to the marriage feast. 

But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to 
his own farm, another to his merchandise : and the rest 
laid hold on his servants, and entreated them shamefully, 
and killed them. But the king was wroth; and he sent his 
armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their 
city. Then saith he to his servants. The wedding is ready, 
but they that were bidden were not worthy. Go ye there- 
fore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye 



109. 

The Marriage 
Feast. 

Matt. 22 : 1-14. 



152 HUMAN AND DIVINE AUTHORITY. 

shall find, bid to the marriage feast. And those servants 
went out into the highways, and gathered together all as 
many as they found, both bad and good : and the wedding 
was filled with guests. 

But when the king came in to behold the guests he saw 
there a man who had not on a wedding-garment : and he 
saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not hav- 
ing a wedding-garment ? And he was speechless. Then 
the king said to the servants. Bind him hand and foot, and 
cast him out into the outer darkness ; there shall be the 
weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but 
few chosen. 



110. 

Human 
and Divine 
Authority. 

Matt. 22 : 15-22. 

Mark 13 : 13-17. 

Luke 30 : 20-26. 



T 



HEN went the Pharisees and took 
counsel how they might ensnare him 



in his talk. And they watched him, and sent 
forth spies, certain of their disciples, with 
the Herodians, who feigned themselves to 
be righteous, that they might take hold of 
his speech, so as to deliver him up to the 
rule and to the authority of the governor. And when they 
were come they asked him, saying, 

Master, we know that thou art true and sayest rightly and 
teachest the way of God in truth ; for thou regardest not the 
person of any man. Tell us, therefore ; What thinkest thou ? 
Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? Shall we 
give, or shall we not give ? But Jesus perceived their crafti- 
ness, and said, Why try ye me, ye hypocrites ? Show me 
the tribute money. And they brought him a denarius. 
And he saith. 

Whose is this image and superscription ? 
They said unto him, Caesar's. Then said he unto them. 
Render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's ; 
and unto God the things that are God's. 
And when they heard it, they marvelled greatly at his 



THE RESURRECTION. 153 

answer. And they were not able to take hold of the saying 
before the people ; and they held their peace, and left him, 
and went their way. 



111. 

The 

Resurrection. 

Matt. 12 : 23-33. 

Mark 13 : 18-27. 

Luke 30 : 27-39. 



O 



N that day there came to him certain of 
the S adduces, who say that there is 
no resurrection ; and they asked him, saying. 
Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man 
die, having no children, and leive a wife 
behind him, his brother shill marry his wife, 
and raise up seed unto his brother. Now there were with 
us seven brethren : and the first married and deceased, and 
having no seed left his wife unto his brother ; in like manner 
the second also, and the third, unto the seventh, and the 
seven left no children, and died. And after them all the 
woman also died. In the resurrection therefore whose wife 
shall she be of the seven ? for they all had her to wife. 

But Jesus answered and said unto them, Is it not for this 
cause that ye err, that ye know not the scriptures, nor the 
power of God ? The children of this world marry and are 
given in marriage ; but they that are accounted worthy to 
attain to that world and the resurrection from the dead, 
neither marry nor are given in marriage ; for neither can 
they die any more ; for they are equal unto the angels ; and 
are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. 

But as touching the dead, that they are raised, even 
Moses shewed ; have ye not read in the book of Moses in 
the place concerning the bush, how God spake unto him 
[and] unto you, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the 
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? God is not the God 
of the dead, but of the living; for all live unto him : ye do 
greatly err. 

And when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at 
his teaching. And certain of the scribes said, Master, thou 
hast well said. 



154 



THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT. 



112. 

The Greatest 
Commandment. 

Matt. 22 : 34-40. 
Mark 13 : 28-34. 



B" 



UT the Pharisees, when they heard that 
he had put the Sadducees to silence, 
gathered themselves together. And one of 
the scribes, a lawyer, came, and heard them 
questioning together, and knowing that he 
had answered them well, asked him. Master, which is the 
great commandment in the law, the first of all ? Jesus an- 
swered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is 
one Lord : and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all 
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and 
with all thy strength. This is the great and first com- 
mandment. The second, like unto it, is this, Thou shalt 
love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other com- 
mandment greater than these. On these two command- 
ments hangeth the whole law, and the prophets. 

And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Master, thou 
hast well said that he is one ; and there is none other but he : 
and to love him with all the heart, and with all the under- 
standing, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour 
as himself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and 
sacrifices. 

And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said 
unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. 



113. 

How is Christ 

the Son of 

David ? 

Matt. 22 : 41-46. 
Mark 12 : 35-37. 
Luke 20 : 40-44. 



N' 



[OW while the Pharisees were gathered 
together as he taught in the temple, 
Jesus asked them a question, saying. What 
think ye of the Christ ? whose son is he ? 
They say unto him. The son of David. He 
saith unto them. How say the scribes that 
the Christ is the son of David ? Hov/ then 
doth David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying, in the book 
of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my 
right hand, Till I put mine enemies underneath thy feet ? 
If David then calleth him Lord, how is he his son ? And 



WARNING AGAINST HYPOCRITES. 155 

no one was able to answer him a word, neither durst any 
man from that day forth ask him any more questions. And 
the common people heard him gladly. 



114. 

Warning 

against 

Hypocrites. 

Matt. 33. 

Mark 12 : 38-40. 

Luke 13 : 34, 35 

20 : 45-47. 



T' 



HEN spake Jesus to the multitudes, and 
in his teaching, in the hearing of all 
the people he said unto his disciples, Beware 
of the scribes, who desire to walk in long 
robes, and love salutations in the market- 
places, and chief seats in the synagogues, 
and chief places at feasts ; who devour 
widows* houses, and for a pretence make long prayers : 
these shall receive greater condemnation. The scribes 
and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat : all things therefore 
whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe : but do 
not ye after their works ; for they say, and do not. Yea, 
they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay 
them on men's shoulders ; but they themselves will not 
move them with their finger. But all their works they do 
for to be seen of men : for they make broad their phylac- 
teries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, and love 
the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the syna- 
gogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be 
called of men. Rabbi. 

But be not ye called Rabbi : for one is your teacher, and 
all ye are brethren. And call no man your father on the 
earth : for one is your Father, who is in heaven. Neither 
be ye called masters : for one is your master, even the 
Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be your 
servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be hum- 
bled ; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted. 
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! be- 
cause ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men : for ye 
enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are 
entering in to enter. 



156 WARNING AGAINST HYPOCRITES. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for 
ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte ; and when 
he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell 
than yourselves. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which 
say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; 
but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is 
a debtor. Ye fools and blind : for whether is greater, the 
gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold ? And, 
Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing ; but 
whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a 
debtor. Ye blind : for whether is greater, the gift, or the 
altar that sanctifieth the gift ? He therefore that sweareth 
by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 
And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and 
by him that dwelleth therein. And he that sweareth by 
the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that 
sitteth thereon. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye 
tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the 
weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith : 
but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the 
other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain out the gnat, 
and swallow the camel. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye 
cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within 
they are full from extortion and excess. Thou blind Phari- 
see, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, 
that the outside thereof may become clean also. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for 
ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear 
beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and 
of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear 
righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy 
and iniquity. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye 



HE PRAISES GENUINE BENEVOLENCE. 157 

build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs 
of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our 
fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in 
the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye witness to your- 
selves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets. 
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, 
ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of 
hell ? 

Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise 
men, and scribes : some of them shall ye kill and crucify ; 
and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, 
and persecute from city to city : that upon you may come 
all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood 
of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of 
Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the 
altar. Verily I say unto you. All these things shall come 
upon this generation. 

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and 
stoneth them that are sent unto her ! how often would 
I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen 
gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would 
not ! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For 
I say unto you. Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye 
shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the 
Lord. 



AND he sat down over against the treas- 
ury, and beheld how the multitude cast 
their gifts into the treasury : and many that 
were rich cast in much money. And there 
came a certain poor widow, and she cast in 
two mites, which make a farthing. And he 
called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I 
say unto you, Of a truth this poor widow cast in more than 
all they who are casting into the treasury : for they all did 



115. 

He 

Praises Genuine 

Benevolence. 

Mark 13 : 41-44. 

Luke 31 : 1-4. 



158 GREEKS SEEK HIM. 

cast in of their superfluity ; but she of her want did cast in 
all that she had, even all her living. 



116. 

Greeks Seek 

Him. 

John 12 : 20-36. 



N 



OW there were certain Greeks among 
those that went up to worship at the 
feast : these therefore came to Philip, who 
was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, 
saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. Philip 
Cometh and telleth Andrew : Andrew cometh, and Philip, 
and they tell Jesus. 

And Jesus answereth them, saying, The hour is come, 
that the Son of man should be glorified. Verily, verily, 
I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth 
and die, it abideth by itself alone ; but if it die, it beareth 
much fruit. He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that 
hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. 
If any man serve me, let him follow me ; and where I am, 
there shall also my servant be : if any man serve me, him 
will the Father honour. Now is my soul troubled ; and 
what shall I say ? Father, save me from this hour. But 
for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy 
name. There came therefore a voice out of heaven, saying, 
I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. The multi- 
tude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had 
thundered : others said. An angel hath spoken to him. 

Jesus answered and said, This voice hath not come for 
my sake, but for your sakes. Now is the judgment of this 
world : now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And 
I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto 
myself. . But this he said, signifying by what manner 
of death he should die. The multitude therefore answered 
him. We have heard out of the law that the Christ abideth 
for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be 
lifted up ? who is this Son of man ? Jesus therefore said 
unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk 



JEWS REJECT HIM. 159 

while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: 
and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth no. whither 
he goeth. While ye have the light, believe on the light, 
that ye may become sons of light. 

These things spake Jesus, and he departed and hid him- 
self from them. 



117. 

Jews Reject 

Him. 

John 13 : 37-50. 



B 



UT though he had done so many signs 
before them, yet they believed not on 
him : that the word of Isaiah the prophet 
might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who 
hath believed our report? and to whom 
hath the arm of the Lord been revealed ? For this cause 
they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again. He hath 
blinded their eyes, and he hardened their hearts ; lest they 
should see with the eyes, and perceive with their hearts, and 
should turn, and I should heal them. 

These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory ; and he 
spake of him. 

Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed on him ; but 
because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, lest they 
should be put out of the synagogue : for they loved the glory 
that is of men more than the glory that is of God. 

And Jesus cried and said. He that believeth on me, be- 
lieveth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that 
beholdeth me beholdeth him that sent me. I am come a 
light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may 
not abide in the darkness. And if any man hear my say- 
ings, and keep them not, I judge him not : for I came not 
to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth 
me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth 
him : the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the 
last day. For I spake not from myself ; but the Father 
who sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I 
should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his 



118. 

The Destruction 

of Jerusalem 

and the End of 

the World 

Foretold. 

Matt. 34: i-35:i3 

Mark 13 : 1-37. 

Luke 21 : 5-36. 



160 THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. 

commandment is life eternal : the things therefore which I 
speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak. 

AND Jesus went out from the temple, and 
was going on his way; and his dis- 
ciples came to shew him the buildings of the 
temple, how it was adorned with goodly 
stones and offerings. But he answered and 
said unto them, See ye not all these great 
buildings ? verily I say unto you, There 
shall not be left here one stone upon 
another, that shall not be thrown down. 

And as he sat on the mount of Olives over against the 
temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him 
privately. Master, Tell us, therefore, when shall these things 
be ? and what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end 
of the world, when these things are all about to be accom- 
plished.^ And Jesus began to say unto them, Take heed 
that no man lead you astray. Many shall come in my name, 
saying, I am the Christ, and the time is at hand : and shall 
lead many astray : go ye not after them. 

And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be 
not troubled : these things must needs come to pass ; but 
the end is not immediately. For nation shall rise against 
nation, and kingdom against kingdom : there shall be 
great earthquakes and famines and pestilences in divers 
places ; and terrors, and great signs from heaven : these 
things are the beginning of travail. 

But take ye heed to yourselves : for before all these things 
they shall deliver you up to councils ; they shall lay their 
hands on you, and shall persecute you, delivering you up to 
the synagogues and prisons ; and in synagogues shall ye be 
beaten ; and before governors and kings shall ye stand for 
my sake, for a testimony unto them : and ye shall be hated 
of all the nations for my name's sake. 



THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. l6l 

And when they lead you to judgment, and deliver you 
up, be not anxious beforehand what ye shall speak. 
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before- 
hand how to answer : for I will give you a mouth and 
wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to with- 
stand or to gainsay, but whatsoever shall be given you in 
that hour, that speak ye : for it is not ye that speak, but 
the Holy Spirit. And then shall many stumble, and shall 
deliver up one another, and shall hate one another. 

And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the 
father his child ; and children shall rise up against par- 
ents, and cause them to be put to death ; ye shall be de- 
livered up by kinsfolk and friends. And many false 
prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray. And 
because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many 
shall wax cold. But he that endureth to the end, the same 
shall be saved. And not a hair of your head shall perish. 
In your patience ye shall win your souls. And this gospel 
of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a 
testimony unto all the nations ; and then shall the end 
come. 

But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then 
know that her desolation is at hand. When therefore ye 
see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by 
Daniel the prophet, standing where he ought not, in the 
holy place (let him that readeth understand), then let them 
that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains : and let them 
that are in the midst of her depart out ; and let not them that 
are in the country enter therein ; let him that is on the 
housetop not go down to take out the things that are in 
his house : and let him that is in the field not return back 
to take his cloak. 

And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither 
on a sabbath : for then shall be great tribulation, such as 
hath not been from the beginning of the creation which 



l62 THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. 

God created until now, no, nor ever shall be. And except 
those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been 
saved : but for the elect's sake those days shall be short- 
ened. For these are days of vengeance, that all things 
which are written may be fulfilled. Woe unto them that 
are with child and to them that give suck in those days ! 
for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath 
unto this people. And they shall fall by the edge of the 
sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations : and 
Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the 
times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 

Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the 
Christ, or, Lo, there ! believe it not. For there shall arise 
false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs 
and wonders ; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the 
elect. But take ye heed ; behold I have told you alt things 
beforehand. If therefore they shall say unto you. Behold, 
he is in the wilderness ; go not forth : Behold, he is in the 
inner chambers ; believe it not. For as the lightning 
Cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the 
west ; so shall be the coming of the Son of man. Where- 
soever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered 
together. 

But immediately, after the tribulation of those days, the 
sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her 
light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers 
of the heavens shall be shaken : and upon the earth there 
shall be distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of 
the sea and the billows ; men fainting for fear, and for ex- 
pectation of the things which are coming on the world : and 
then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: 
and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they 
shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven 
with power and great glory. 

And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of 



THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. 163 

a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from 
the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other, from 
the uttermost part of earth to the uttermost part of heaven. 

And he spake to them a parable : Now from the fig tree 
learn her parable : behold the fig tree and all the trees. 
When her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth 
its leaves, when they now shoot forth, ye see it and know 
of your own selves that the summer is now nigh. Even 
so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know 
ye that the kingdom of God is nigh, even at the doors. 
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, 
till all these things be accomplished. Heaven and earth 
shall pass away : but my words shall not pass away. But 
of that day or that hour knoweth no one, not even the 
angels in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only. 

And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of 
the Son of man. For as in those days which were before 
the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and 
giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into 
the ark, and they knew not until the flood came, and took 
them all away ; so shall be the coming of the Son of man. 
Then shall two men be in the field ; one is taken, and one 
is left : two women shall be grinding at the mill ; one is 
taken, and one is left. 

Watch therefore : for ye know not on what day your 
Lord Cometh. But know this, that if the master of the 
house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he 
would have watched, and would not have suffered his house 
to be broken through. Therefore be ye also ready : for in 
an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh. 

Take ye heed, watch and pray : lest ye be overcharged 
with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, 
and that day come on you suddenly as a snare : for so shall 
it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the 
earth. But watch ye at every season, making supplication, 



164 THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. 

that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall 
come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man : for ye 
know not when the time is. It is as when a man, sojourn- 
ing in another country, having left his house, and given 
authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded 
also the porter to watch. 

Watch therefore : for ye know not when the lord of the 
house Cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cock- 
crowing, or in the morning ; lest coming suddenly he find 
you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, 
Watch. 

Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord 
hath set over his household, to give them their food in due 
season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he 
Cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, that he 
will set him over all that he hath. But if that evil servant 
shall say in his heart, my lord tarrieth ; and shall begin to 
beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the 
drunken; the lord of that servant shall come in a day when 
he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, 
and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with 
the hypocrites : there shall be the weeping and gnashing of 
teeth. 

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten 
virgins, who took their lamps, and went 



The Parable 

of the 

Virgins. 



forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of 
them were foolish, and five were wise. For 
the foolish, when they took their lamps, 
took on oil with them : but the wise took oil in their 
vessels with their lamps. Now while the bridegroom 
tarried, they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight 
there is a cry. Behold, the bridegroom ! Come ye forth to 
meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed 
their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise. Give us 
of your oil ; for our lamps are going out. But the wise 



THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS. 165 

answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough 
for us and you : go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for 
yourselves. And while they went away to buy, the bride- 
groom came ; and they that were ready went in with him 
to the marriage feast : and the door was shut. Afterward 
come also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to 
us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I 
know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know not the day 
nor the hour when the Son of man cometh. 



119. 

The Parable 

of 

the Talents. 

Matt. 35 : 14-30. 



FOR it is as when a man, going into an- 
other country, called his own servants, 
and delivered unto them his goods. And 
unto one he gave five talents, to another 
two, to another one ; to each according to 
his several ability; and he went on his journey. Straight- 
way he that received the five talents went and traded with 
them, and made other five talents. In like manner he also 
that received the two gained other two. But he that 
received the one went away and digged in the earth, and 
hid his lord's money. 

Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, 
and maketh a reckoning with them. And he that received 
the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, 
Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents : lo, I have 
gained other five talents. His lord said unto him. Well 
done, good and faithful servant : thou hast been faithful 
over a few things, I will set thee over many things : enter 
thou into the joy of thy lord. And he also that received the 
two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me 
two talents : lo, I have gained other two talents. His lord 
said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant ; thou 
hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over 
many things : enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 

And he also that had received the one talent came and 



l66 THE LAST JUDGMENT. 

said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping 
where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst 
not scatter : and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy 
talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own. But his lord 
answered and said unto him. Thou wicked and slothful 
servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and 
gather where I did not scatter : thoy oughtest therefore 
to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I 
should have received back mine own with interest. 

Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it 
unto him that hath the ten talents. For unto every one 
that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance : but 
from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be 
taken away. And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into 
the outer darkness ; there shall be the weeping and gnash- 
ing of teeth. 

BUT when the Son of man shall come in 
hi: 



120. 

The Last 

Judgment. 

Matt. 25 : 30-40. 



lis glory, and all the angels with him, 
then shall he sit on the throne of his glory : 
and. before him shall be gathered all the 
nations : and he shall separate them one 
from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from 
the goats : and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but 
the goats on the left. 

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom pre- 
pared for you from the foundation of the world : for I was 
an hungered, and ye gave me meat : I was thirsty, and ye 
gave me drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me in ; naked, 
and ye clothed me : I was sick, and ye visited me : I was in 
prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous 
answer him, saying. Lord, when saW we thee an hungered, 
and fed thee ? or athirst, and gave thee drink ? And when 
saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in ? or naked, and 



CONSPIRACY AGAINST JESUS. 167 

clothed thee ? And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, 
and came unto thee ? And the King shall answer and say 
unto them. Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it 
unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it unto 
me. 

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, De- 
part from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is pre- 
pared for the devil and his angels : for I was an hungered, 
and ye gave me no meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me 
no drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me not in ; naked, 
and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited 
me not. 

Then shall they also answer, saying. Lord, when saw we 
thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or 
sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee ? Then 
shall he answer them, saying. Verily I say unto you. Inas- 
much as ye did it not unto one of the least of these, ye did 
it not unto me. And these shall go away into eternal pun- 
ishment : but the righteous into eternal life. 



121. 

Conspiracy 
against Jesus. 
Matt. ^6 : 1-5, 

14-16. 
Mark 14 : i, 2, 

10, II. 
Luke 22 : 1-6. 



AND it came to pass, when Jesus had 
finished all these words, he said unto 
his disciples. Ye know that after two days 
the feast of unleavened bread, which is 
called the Passover, cometh, and the Son of 
man is delivered up to be crucified. Then 
were gathered together the chief priests, and 
the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, 
who was called Caiaphas ; and they took counsel together 
that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. But 
they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among the 
people : for they feared the people. 

And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot? 
being of the number of the twelve. And he went away and 
communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might 



122. 

The Last 
Supper. 
Matt. 26 : 17-30. 
Mark 14 : 12-26. 
Luke 33 : 7-30. 
John 13 : 1-30. 



168 THE LAST SUPPER. 

deliver him unto them, and said, What are ye wilhng to give 
me, and I will deliver him unto you ? And they when they 
heard it, were glad, and covenanted to give him money. And 
he consented ; and they weighed unto him thirty pieces of 
silver ; and from that time he sought opportunity to conven- 
iently deliver him unto them in the absence of the multitude. 

NOW before the feast of the passover, 
Jesus knowing that his hour was come 
that he should depart out of this world unto 
the Father, having loved his own who were 
in the world, he loved them unto the end. 
And on the first day of unleavened bread, on 
which the passover must be sacrificed, the 
disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we 
make ready for thee to eat the passover ? 

And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go into the city, and 
make ready for us the passover, that we may eat. Behold, 
when ye are entered into the city, there shall meet you a 
man bearing a pitcher of water ; follow him into the house 
whereinto he goeth. And ye shall say unto the goodman 
of the house, The Master saith unto thee, My time is at 
hand ; where is my guest chamber, where I shall eat the 
passover with my disciples ? And he will shew you a large 
upper room, furnished : there make ready for us. 

And the disciples did as Jesus appointed them, and went 
into the city, and found as he had said unto them : and they 
made ready the passover. And when it was evening he 
cometh with the twelve : and when the hour was come he sat 
down, and the apostles with him. And he said unto them. 
With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you 
before I suffer : for I say unto you, I shall not [again] eat 
it until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. And when he 
had received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said. 
Take this, and divide it among yourselves : for I say unto 



th£: last supper. 169 

you, I shall not drink from henceforth of this fruit of the 
vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. 

And there arose also a contention among them, which of 
them was accounted to be the greater. And he said unto 
them, The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them ; 
and they that have authority over them are called Bene- 
factors. But ye shall not be so : but he that is the greater 
among you, let him become as the younger ; and he that is 
chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he 
that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth ? is not he that sit- 
teth at meat ? but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth. 

But ye are they who have continued with me in my 
temptations ; and I appoint you a kingdom, even as my 
Father appointed unto me, that ye may eat and drink at 
my table in my kingdom ; and ye shall sit on thrones, judg- 
ing the twelves tribes of Israel. 

And during supper, the devil having already put into the 
heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to 
betray him, Jesus, knowing that the Father 
had given all things into his hands, and that 
he came forth from God, and goeth unto 
God, riseth from supper, and layeth aside his garments ; and 
he took a towel, and girded himself. Then he poureth water 
into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to 
wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. 

So he cometh to Simon Peter. He saith unto him. Lord, 
dost thou wash my feet ? Jesus answered and said unto 
him. What I do thou knowest not now ; but thou shalt 
understand hereafter. Peter saith unto him. Thou shalt 
never wash my feet. Jesus answered him. If I wash thee 
not, thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter saith unto 
him. Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my 
head. Jesus saith to him. He that is bathed needeth not 
save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit : and ye are 



Jesus washes 

the 
Disciples' Feet. 



170 THE LAST SUPPER. 

clean, but not all. For he knew him that should betray 
him ; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. 

So when he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, 
and sat down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I 
have done to you ? Ye call me, Master, and. Lord : and ye 
say well ; for so I am. If I then, the Lord and the Master, 
have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's 
feet. For I have given you an example, that ye also 
should do as I have done to you. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, A servant is not greater 
than his lord ; neither one that is sent greater than he that 
sent him. If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do 
them. I speak not of you all : I know whom I have chosen : 
but that the scripture may be fulfilled. He that eateth my 
bread lifted up his heel against me. From henceforth I 
tell you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, 
ye may believe that I am he. Verily, verily, I say unto 
you. He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; 
and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 

When Jesus had thus said, as they redined and were eat- 
ing, he was troubled in the spirit, and testi- 



Who is 

the 
Traitor ? 



fied and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
that one of you shall betray me. The dis- 
ciples looked one on another doubting of 
whom he spake. And they began to question among them- 
selves, which of them it was that should do this thing. 

And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began to say to 
him, one by one. Is it I, Lord ? And he answered and said, 
It is one of the twelve, he that dippeth his hand with me in 
the dish, the same shall betray me. For the Son of man 
indeed goeth, as it hath been determined, even as it is 
written of him : but woe unto that man through whom he 
is betrayed ! good were it for that man if he had not been 
born. And Judas who betrayed him, answered and said, Is 
it I, Rabbi ? He saith unto him. Thou hast said. 



THE LAST SUPPER. I7I 

There was at the table reclining on Jesus' bosom one of his 
disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore beckon- 
eth to him, and saith unto him, Tell us who it is of whom he 
speaketh. He leaning back, as he was, on Jesus" breast saith 
unto him. Lord, who is it ? Jesus therefore answereth. He it 
is, for whom I shall dip the sop, and give it him. 

So when he had dipped the sop, he taketh and giveth it to 
Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. And after the sop, then 
entered Satan into him. Jesus therefore saith unto him. 
That thou doest, do quickly. Now no man at the table 
knew for what intent he spake this unto him. For some 
thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said unto him. 
Buy what things we have need of for the feast ; or, that he 
should give something to the poor. He then having received 
the sop went out straightway : and it was night. 

When therefore he w^as gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the 
Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him ; and God 
shall glorify him in himself, and straitway shall he glorify 
him. Little children, yet a little while I am with you. 
Ye shall seek me : and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I 
go, ye cannot come ; so now I say unto you. A new com- 
mandment I give unto you, that ye love one another ; even 
as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By 
this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have 
love one to another. 

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, 
and when he had given thanks he brake it ; 



" This do in 

Remembrance 

of Me." 



and he gave to the disciples, saying. 

Take, eat ; this is my body which is given 
for you. This do in remembrance of me. 
And he took a cup in like manner after supper, and gave 
thanks, and gave to them, saying. 

Drink ye all of it ; for this cup is the new covenant, in 
my blood, even that which is poured out for you, which is 
shed for many unto remission of sins. But I say unto you, 



172 FAREWELL CONVERSATION. 

Verily I shall no more drink of this fruit of the vine until 
that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's 
Kingdom, the Kingdom of God. 
And when they had sung a hymn they went out. 



123. 

Farew^ell 
Conversations. 
Matt. 26 : 31-35. 
Mark 14 : 27-31. 
Luke 22 : 31-38. 
John 13 : 36-38 ; 
14; 15; 16. 



THEN saith Jesus unto them, All ye 
shall be offended in me this night ; 
for it is written, I will smite the shepherd 
and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered 
abroad. But after I am raised up, I will go 
before you into Galilee. But Simon Peter 
answered and said unto him, Although all 
shall be caused to stumble in thee, yet will not I. 

Jesus said unto him, Simon, Simon, behold Satan asked 
to have you, that he might sift you as wheat : but I made 
supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not : and do thou, 
when once thou hast turned again, stablish thy brethren. 
Simon Peter saith unto him. Lord, whither goest thou ? 
Jesus answered, Whither I go thou canst not follow me 
now, but thou shalt follow afterwards. 

Peter saith unto him. Lord, why cannot I follow thee even 
now ? Lord, with thee I am ready to go both to prison and 
to death. I will lay down my life for thee. Jesus answereth. 
Wilt thou lay down thy life for me ? Verily, verily I say 
unto thee, Peter, That to-day, even this night the cock 
shall not crow twice till thou hast thrice denied that thou 
knowest me. But he spake exceeding vehemently. If I 
must die with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner 
also said all the disciples. 

And he said unto them. When I sent you forth without 
purse, and wallet, and shoes, lacked ye anything ? And 
they said. Nothing. And he said unto them. But now, he 
that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet : 
and he that hath no sword, let him sell his cloak, and buy 
one. For I say unto you, that this which is written must 



FAREWELL CONVERSATION. 1 73 

be fulfilled in me, And he was reckoned with the transgres- 
sors : for that which concerneth me hath fulfillment. And 
they said, Lord, behold here are two swords. And he said 
unto them, It is enough. 

Let not your heart be troubled : believe in God, believe 
also in me. In my Father's house are 
many mansions ; if it were not so, I would 
have told you ; for I go to prepare a place 



Words 

of 
Peace. 



for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come 
again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am 
there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the 
way ye know. 

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou 
goest; how know we the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am 
the way, and the truth, and the life : no one cometh unto 
the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye would 
have known my Father also : from henceforth ye know him, 
and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us 
the Father, and it sufficeth us. 

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with 
you, and dost thou not know me, Philip ? he that hath 
seen me hath seen the Father ; how sayest thou, Shew 
us the Father ? Believest thou not that I am in the 
Father, and the Father in me ? the words that I say 
unto you I speak not from myself : but the Father abid- 
ing in me doeth his works. Believe me that I am in 
the Father, and the Father in me : or else believe me for 
the very work's sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you. He 
that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also ; 
and greater works than these shall he do ; because I go 
unto the Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my 
name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the 
Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do. 
If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments. 



174 FAREWELL CONVERSATION. 

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another 
Comforter, that he may be with you for- 
ever, even the Spirit of truth : whom the 
world cannot receive ; for it beholdeth him 



The Abiding 
Presence. 



not, neither knoweth him : ye know him ; for he abideth 
with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you deso- 
late : I come unto you. Yet a little while, and the world 
beholdeth me no more ; but ye behold me : because I live, 
ye shall live also. In that day ye shall know that I am in 
my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my 
commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: 
and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I 
will love him, and will manifest myself unto him. 

Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto him. Lord, what is come to 
pass that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the 
world ? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love 
me, he will keep my word : and my Father will love him, 
and we will come unto him, and make our abode with 
him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my words : and 
the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who 
sent me. 

These things have I spoken unto you, while yet abiding 
with you. But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom 
the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all 
things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto 
you. Peace I leave with you ; my peace I give unto you : 
not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your 
heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful. Ye heard how 
I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. If ye 
loved me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go unto the 
Father : for the Father is greater than I. And now I have 
told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to 
pass, ye may believe. I will no more speak much with you, 
for the prince of the world cometh : and he hath nothing in 
me ; but that the world may know that I love the Father, 



FAREWELL CONVERSATION. 1 75 

and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. 

Arise, let us go hence. 

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, 
he taketh it away : and every branch that 
beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may 



The Vine and 

the 

Branches. 



bear more fruit. Already ye are clean because of the word 
which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. 
As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in 
the vine ; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. I am 
the vine, ye are the branches : He that abideth in me, and 
I in him, the same beareth much fruit : for apart from me 
ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast 
forth as a branch, and is withered ; and they gather them, 
and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye 
abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye 
will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father 
glorified, that ye bear much fruit ; and so shall ye be my 
disciples. 

Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved 
you : abide ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, 
ye shall abide in my love ; even as I have kept my Father's 
commandments, and abide in his love. These things have 
I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and that 
your joy may be made full. This is my commandment, 
that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. 
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down 
his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do the 
things which I command you. No longer do I call you 
servants ; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth : 
but I have called you friends ; for all things that I heard 
from my Father I have made known unto you. 

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed 
you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit 
should abide : that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father 



176 FAREWELL CONVERSATION. 

in my name, he may give it you. These things I command 
you, that ye may love one another. If the world hateth 
you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you. If 
ye were of the world, the world would love its own : but 
because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the 
world, therefore the world hateth you. 

Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is 
not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they 
will also persecute you ; if they kept my word, they will 
keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto 
you for my name's sake, because they know not him that 
sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they 
had not had sin : but now they have no excuse for their 
sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had 
not done among them the works which none other did, they 
had not had sin : but now have they both seen and hated 
both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that 
the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law. They 
hated me without a cause. 

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto 
you from the Father, even the Spirit of 
truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he 
shall bear witness of me : and ye also bear 
witness, because ye have been with me 
from the beginning. 

These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not 
be made to stumble. They shall put you out of the syna- 
gogues : yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you 
shall think that he offereth service unto God. And these 
things will they do, because they have not known the 
Father, nor me. But these things have I spoken unto you, 
that when their hour is come, ye may remember them, how 
that I told you. And these things I said not unto you from 
the beginning, because I was with you. But now I go unto 
him that sent me ; and none of you asketh me. Whither 



The Comforter 

the 
Spirit of Truth. 



FAREWELL CONVERSATION. 177 

goest thou ? But because I have spoken these things unto 
you, sorrow hath filled your heart. 

Nevertheless I t^ll you the truth ; It is expedient for you 
that I go away : for if I go not away, the Comforter will 
not come unto you ; but if I go, I will send him unto you. 
And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect 
of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment ; of sin, 
because they believe not on me ; of righteousness, because 
I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more ; of judg- 
ment, because the prince of this world hath been judged. 
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear 
them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, 
he shall guide you into all the truth : for he shall not speak 
from himself ; but what things soever he shall hear, these 
shall he speak : and he shall declare unto you the things 
that are to come. He shall glorify me : for he shall take of 
mine, and shall declare it unto you. All things whatsoever 
the Father hath are mine : therefore said I, that he taketh 
of mine, and shall declare it unto you. A little while, and 
ye behold me no more ; and again a little while, and ye 
shall see me. 

Some of his disciples therefore said one to another, What 
is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye behold me 
not ; and again a little while, and ye shall see me : and, 
Because I go to the Father ? They said therefore, What is 
this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he 
saith. Jesus perceived that they were desirous to ask him, 
and he said unto them, 

Do ye inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I 
said, A little while, and ye behold me not, and again a little 
while, and ye shall see me ? Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall 
rejoice : ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be 
turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail hath sor- 
row, because her hour is come : but when she is delivered 



178 THE FAEEWELL PRAYER. 

of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the 
joy that a man is born into the world. And ye therefore 
now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart 
shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you. 
And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I 
say unto you, If ye shall ask anything of the Father, he 
will give it you in my name. Hitherto have ye asked 
nothing in my name : ask, and ye shall receive, that your 
joy may be made full. 

These things have I spoken unto you in parables : the 
hour Cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in par- 
ables, but shall tell you plainly of the Father. In that day, 
ye shall ask in my name ; and I say not unto you, that I will 
pray the Father for you ; for the Father himself loveth 
you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I 
came forth from the Father. I came out from the Father, 
and am come into the world : again, I leave the world, and 
go unto the Father. 

His disciples say, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and 
speakest no parable. Now know we that thou knowest all 
things, and needest not that any man should ask thee : by 
this we believe that thou camest forth from God. Jesus 
answered them, Do ye now believe ? Behold, the hour 
Cometh, yea, is come, that ye shall be scattered, every man 
to his own, and shall leave me alone : and yet I am not 
alone, because the Father is with me. These things have 
I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the 
world ye have tribulation ; but be of good cheer ; I have 
overcome the world. 

THESE things spake Jesus ; and lifting 
up his eyes to heaven, he said^ Father, 
the hour is come ; glorify thy Son, that the 
Son may glorify thee : even as thou gavest 
hirn authority over all flesh, that be should 



124. 

The Farewell 
Prayer. 
John 17. 



THE FAREWELL PRAYER. 1 79 

give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And 
this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true 
God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ. 
I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work 
which thou hast given me to do. And now, O Father, 
glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I 
had with thee before the world was. 

I manifested thy name unto the men whom thou gavest 
me out of the world : thine they were, and thou gavest 
them to me; and they have kept thy word. Now they 
know that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are 
from thee: for the words which thou gavest me I have 
given unto them ; and they received them, and knew of a 
truth that I came forth from thee, and they believed that 
thou didst send me. 

I pray for them : I pray not for the world, but for those 
whom thou hast given me ; for they are thine : and all 
things that are mine are thine, and thine are mine : and I 
am glorified in them. And I am no more in the world, and 
these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, 
keep them in thy name whom thou hast given me, that 
they may be one, even as we are. While I was with them, 
I kept them in thy name whom thou hast given me : and 
I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the 
son of perdition ; that the scripture might be fulfilled. 
But now I come to thee ; and these things I speak in the 
world, that they may have my joy made full in them- 
selves. 

I have given them thy word ; and the world hated them, 
because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the 
world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the 
world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil [one]. 
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 
Sanctify them in the truth : thy word is truth. As thou 
4idst send me into the world, even so sent J tbern into the 



l8o GETHSEMANE. 

world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they 
themselves also may be sanctified in truth. 

Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that 
believe on me through their word ; that they may all be 
one; even as thou. Father, art in me, and I in thee, that 
they also maybe in us: that the world may believe that 
thou didst send me. And the glory which thou hast given 
me I have given unto them ; that they may be one, even as 
we are one ; I in them, and thou in me, that they may be 
perfected into one ; that the world may know that thou 
didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me. 

Father, I desire that those whom thou hast given me 
may also be with me where I am ; that they may behold 
my glory, which thou hast given me : for thou lovedst me 
before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, 
the world knew thee not, but I knew thee ; and these knew 
that thou didst send me ; and I made known unto them thy 
name, and will make it known ; that the love wherewith 
thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them. 



125. 

Gethsemane. 

Matt. 36 : 36-46. 

Mark 14 : 32-42. 

Luke 22 : 39-46. 

John 18 : I. 



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''HEN Jesus had spoken these words 
he went forth with his disciples over 
the brook Kidron, and went, as his custom 
was, unto the Mount of Olives, unto a place 
which was named Gethsemane ; where was a 
garden, unto which he entered, himself and 
his disciples. And he saith unto his disciples, Sit ye here^ 
while I go yonder and pray. Pray that ye enter not into 
temptation. 

And he taketh with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, 
James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and sor- 
rowful, and sore troubled. And he saith unto them. My soul 
is exceeding sorrowful even unto death : abide ye here and 
watch with me. 
And he went forward a little, and was parted from them 



THE BETRAYAL AND ARREST. l8l 

about a stone's cast, and fell on his face on the ground, and 
prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away 
from him, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this 
cup pass away from me : nevertheless, not my will but 
thine be done. Abba, Father, all things are possible unto 
thee ; if thou be willing, remove this cup from me : howbeit, 
not what I will, but what thou wilt. 

And when he rose up from his prayer, he cometh unto the 
disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, 
Simon, sleepest thou ? What, could ye not watch with 
me one hour ? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into 
temptation : the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is 
weak. And they wist not what to answer him. Again a 
second time he went away, and prayed, saying, O my Father, 
if this cannot pass away except I drink it, thy will be done. 
And he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes 
were very heavy. 

And he left them again, and went away, and prayed the 
third time, saying again the same words. And being in an 
agony he prayed more earnestly : and his sweat became as it 
were great drops of blood, falling down upon the ground. 
And there appeared unto him an angel from heaven, 
strengthening him. 

Then cometh he to the disciples the third time, and saith 
unto them, Sleep on now and take your rest : it is enough ; 
behold the hour is come, and the Son of man is betrayed 
into the hands of sinners. Arise, let us be going : behold 
he that betrayeth me is at hand. 

AND straightway, while he yet spake, lo, 
Judas, one of the twelve, came, and 
with him a great multitude from the chief 
priests and the scribes and the elders of the 
people, with swords and staves. Now Judas 
also, w^io betrayed him, knew the place : for 
Jesus oft-times resorted thither with his dis- 



126. 

The Betrayal 

and Arrest. 
Matt. 26 : 47-56. 
Mark 14 : 43-52. 
Luke 33 : 47-53- 

John 18 : 2-12. 



l82 THE BETRAYAL AND ARREST. 

ciples. Judas, then, having received the band of soldiers 
and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, cometh 
thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. 

Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying. Whom- 
soever I shall kiss, that is he : take him, and lead him away 
safely. And straightway he came to Jesus, and said. Hail, 
Rabbi; and kissed him. And Jesus said unto him. Friend, 
wherefore art thou come ? Judas, betrayest thou the Son 
of man with a kiss ? Jesus, therefore, knowing all things 
that were coming upon him, went forth, and saith unto them. 
Whom seek ye ? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. 
Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas, also, who be- 
trayed him, was standing with them. 

When therefore he said unto them, I am he, they went 
backward and fell to the ground. Again, therefore he asked 
them. Whom seek ye ? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. 
Jesus answered, I told you that I am he : if therefore ye 
seek me, let these go their way : that the word might be ful- 
filled which he spake. Of those whom thou hast given me I 
lost not one. And when they that were about him saw what 
would follow, they said. Lord, shall we smite with the sword .f* 
Simon Peter, therefore, having a sword, stretched out his 
hand and drew it, and struck the high priest's servant, and 
cut off his right ear. Now the servant's name was Malchus. 
But Jesus answered. Suffer ye thus far. And he touched 
his ear, and healed him. Then saith Jesus unto Peter, Put 
up again thy sword into its sheath ; for all they that take 
the sword shall perish with the sword. Or thinkest thou 
that I cannot beseech my Father, and he shall even now 
send me more than twelve legions of angels ? How then 
should the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be ? 
The cup which the Father hath given me, shall I not drink 
it? 

In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, unto the chief 
priests and captains of the temple and elders who were come 



TRIAL BEFORE THE HIGH PRIEST. 183 

out against him, Are ye come out as against a robber, with 
swords and staves to seize me ? I sat daily in the temple 
with you teaching, and ye stretched not forth your hands 
against me, and ye took me not ; but this is your hour and 
the power of darkness. All this is to come to pass that the 
scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. 

So the band and the chief captain and the officers of the 
Jews came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him, and bound 
him, and led him away. 

Then all the disciples left him and fled. And a certain 
young man followed with him, having a linen cloth cast about 
him, over his naked body : and they laid hold on him ; but he 
left the linen cloth, and fled naked. 



127. 

Trial before 

the 

High Priests. 

Matt. 36 : 57-68. 

Mark 14 : 53-65. 

Luke 32 : 54, 

63-65. 

John 18: 13, 14, 

19-24. 



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ND they that had taken Jesus led him to 



law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that 
year. Now Caiaphas was he who gave 
counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient 
that one man should die for the whole peo- 
ple. The high priest therefore asked Jesus 
of his disciples, and of his teaching. Jesus 
answered him, 

I have spoken openly to the world ; I ever taught in syna- 
gogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come to- 
gether, and in secret I spake nothing. Why askest thou 
me ? ask them that have heard me, what I spake unto them : 
behold these know the things which I said. 

And when he had said this, one of the officers standing 
by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, Answerest thou the 
high priest so ? Jesus answered him. If I have spoken evil, 
bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou 
me ? 

Annas therefore sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high 
priest. And they led him into the high priest's house, where 



184 TRIAL BEFORE THE HIGH PRIEST. 

all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes were 
gathered together. 

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false 
witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death ; and 
they- found it not, though many false witnesses came : and 
their witness agreed not together. 

But afterward came two, and said, This man said, I am 
able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three 
days. We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is 
made with hands, and in three days I will build another 
made without hands. And not even so did their witness 
agree together. 

And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, 
saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these wit- 
ness against thee .f^ But Jesus held his peace and answered 
nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and saith unto 
him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us : art 
thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, 

Thou hast said : I am : nevertheless I say unto you, 
henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right 
hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. 

Then the high priest rent his garments, saying. He hath 
spoken blasphemy: what need have we of further witnesses? 
behold now, ye have heard the blasphemy : what think ye ? 
They all condemned him, and answered and said. He is 
worthy of death. 

Then did the men that held Jesus spit in his face and 
buffet him ; and they blindfolded him, and the officers smote 
him with the palms of their hands, and mocked him and 
asked him, saying. Prophesy unto us, thou Christ ; who is he 
that struck thee ? And many other things spake they against 
him, reviling him. 



128. 

Peter's Denial. 

Matt. 2G : 58, 

69-75- 
Mark~ 14 : 54, 

66-72. 
Luke 23 : 54-62. 
John 18 : 15-18, 

25-27. 



Peter's denial. 185 

AND Simon Peter followed Jesus afar 
off, and so did another disciple. Now 
that disciple was known unto the high priest, 
and entered in with Jesus into the court of 
the high priest ; but Peter was standing at 
the door without. So the other disciple, who 
was known unto the high priest, went out 
and spake unto her that kept the door, and 
brought in Peter. Now the servants and officers had kindled 
a fire of coals in the midst of the court ; for it was cold ; and 
were standing and sitting there, warming themselves. Peter 
also sat in the midst of them, warming himself. 

There cometlr one of the maids of the high priest, that 
kept the door, and seeing Peter in the light of the fire, look- 
ing stedfastly upon himi, said. Thou also wast with the Naz- 
arene, even Jesus the Galilaean. Art thou also one of this 
man's disciples ? But he denied before them all, saying. 
Woman, I am not ; I know him not, neither understand 
I what thou sayest : and he went out into the porch ; and the 
cock crew. 

And after a Httle while, another maid saw him and began 
again to say to them that stood by, This man also was with 
Jesus the Nazarene ; Thou also art one of them. And again 
he denied it with an oath, and said I know not the man. 

And after the space of about one hour, Simon Peter was 
standing and warming himself, and they that stood by came 
and confidently affirmed to him. Of a truth thou also art one 
of them ; for thou art a Galilaean ; for thy speech bewrayeth 
thee. One of the servants of the high priest, being a kins- 
man of him whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee 
in the garden with him ? Peter therefore denied again and 
said, Man, I know not what thou sayest : and straightway, 
while he yet spake, the second time the cock crew. Then he 
began to curse and to swear, and saith, I am not ; I know not 
this man of whom ye speak. 



l86 TRIAL BEFORE THE COUNCIL. 

And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter 
called to mind the word of the Lord, how that Jesus said unto 
him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. 
And when he thought thereon he went out, and wept bitterly. 

NOW when morning was come, as soon 
as it was day, the assembly of the 
elders of the people was gathered together, 
both chief priests and scribes. And the 
whole council held a consultation, and took 
counsel against Jesus to put him to death : 
and they led him away into their council, 
saying, If thou art the Christ, tell us. But he said unto 
them. If I tell you, ye will not believe : and if I ask you, ye 
will not answer. But from henceforth shall the Son of 
man be seated at the right hand of the power of God. And 
they all said, Art thou then the Son of God ? And he said 
unto them. Ye say it, for I am. 

And they said, What further need have we of witness? 
for we ourselves have heard from his own mouth. And they 
bound him, and the whole company of them rose up and 
led him away, and delivered him up to Pilate the governor. 



129. 

Trial before 

the 

CounciL 

Matt. 37: i, 2. 

Mark 15: i. 

Luke 33: 66-71. 



130. 

Judas' Despair. 

Matt. 37 : 3-10. 



T 



HEN Judas, who betrayed him, when he 
saw that he was condemned, repented 



himself, and brought back the thirty pieces 
of silver to the chief priests and elders, say- 
ing, I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. 
But they said. What is that to us ? see thou to it. And he 
cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and de- 
parted ; and he went away and hanged himself. 

And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said. It 
is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the 
price of blood. And they took counsel, and bought with 
them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Wherefore that 



TRIAL BEFORE PILATE. 187 

field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. Then was 
fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, 
saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of 
him that was priced, whom certain of the children of Israel 
did price ; and they gave them for the potter's field, as the 
Lord appointed me. 



131. 

Trial before 

Pilate. 

Matt. 37: ii-i4> 

27-30. 

Mark 15 : 1-5. 

Luke 23 : 1-7. 

John 18 : 28-38 ; 

19: 1-4. 



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^HE whole council therefore led Jesus 
from Caiaphas into the palace, before 
Pilate the governor. And it was early ; and 
they themselves entered not into the palace, 
that they might not be defiled, but might 
eat the passover. Pilate therefore went out 
unto them, and saith, What accusation 
bring ye against this man ? They answered 
and said unto him. 

If this man were not an evil-doer, we should not have 
delivered him unto thee. And they began to accuse him, 
saying. We found this man perverting our nation, and for- 
bidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that himself is 
Christ, a king. And when he was accused by the chief 
priests and elders of many things, he answered nothing. 
Then saith Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not ? Answerest 
thou nothing ? behold how many things they witness against 
thee. And he gave him no answer, not even to one word, 
insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. Pilate there- 
fore said unto them. Take him yourselves, and judge him 
according to your law. The Jews said unto him. It is not 
lawful for us to put any man to death : that the word of 
Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying by what 
manner of death he should die. 

Pilate therefore entered again into the palace, and called 
Jesus, and said unto him. Art thou the King of the 
Jews? Now Jesus stood before the governor: Jesus an- 
swered, Sayest thou this of thyself, or did others tell 



l88 TRIAL BEFORE HEROD. 

it thee concerning me? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? 
Thine own nation and the chief priests delivered thee unto 
me : what hast thou done ? Jesus answered, My kingdom 
is not of this world : if my kingdom were of this world, 
then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered 
to the Jews : but now is my kingdom not from hence. 
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then ? Jesus 
answered. Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end 
have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world, 
that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that 
is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith unto him, 
What is truth ? 

And when he had said this, he went out again unto the 
Jews, and saith unto them, I find no crime in him. And 
Pilate said unto the chief priests and the multitudes, I find no 
fault in this man. But they were the more urgent, saying, 
He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, 
and beginning from Galilee even unto this place. But when 
Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilasan. 
And when he knew that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he 
sent him unto Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem in 
these days. 



132. 

Trial before 
Herod. 

Luke 23 : 8-12. 



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OW when Herod saw Jesus, he was 
exceeding glad : for he was of a long 
time desirous to see him, because he had 
heard concerning him ; and he hoped to see 
some miracle done by him. And he ques- 
tioned him in many words ; but he answered him nothing. 

And the chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently 
accusing him. And Herod with his soldiers set him at 
nought, and mocked him, and arraying him in gorgeous 
apparel sent him back to Pilate. And Herod and Pilate 
became friends with each other that very day: for before 
they were at enmity between themselves. 



133. 

He is 

Delivered 

Unto Death. 

Matt. 37: 14-28,31, 

Mark 15 : 6-20. 

Luke 33 : 13-25. 

John 18: 15-18, 

25-27. 



HE IS DELIVERED UNTO DEATH. 189 

And Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers 
and the people, and said unto them : Ye brought unto me 
this man, as one that perverteth the people : and behold, I, 
having examined him before you, found no fault in this man 
touching those things whereof ye accuse him : no, nor yet 
Herod : for he sent him back unto us ; and behold, nothing 
worthy of death hath been done by him. I will therefore 
chastise him and release him. 

NOW at the feast the governor was wont 
to release unto the multitude one 
prisoner, whom they asked of him. And 
there was then one notable prisoner, called 
Barabbas, who for a certain insurrection 
made in the city, and for murder, was cast 
into prison, bound, with men that had com- 
mitted murder in the insurrection. When 
therefore they were gathered together, the multitude went up 
and began to ask him to do unto them as he was wont to do. 
And Pilate said unto them, Ye have a custom, that I should 
release unto you one at the passover ; will ye therefore that 
I release unto you Jesus who is called Christ, the King of the 
Jews ? For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had 
delivered him up. But the chief priests and the elders stirred 
up the multitude, that he should rather release Barabbas 
unto them. They cried out therefore. Not this man, but 
Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. But the governor 
answered and said. Whether of the twain will ye that I 
release unto you? And they said, Barabbas. 

And while he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife 
sent unto him, saying. Have thou nothing to do with that 
righteous man : for I have suffered many things this day in 
a dream because of him. And Pilate spake unto them 
again, desiring to release Jesus, What then shall I do unto 
him whom ye call the King of the Jews, unto Jesus who is 



190 HE IS DELIVERED UNTO DEATH. 

called Christ ? but they all shouted, Let him be crucified ; 
crucify, crucify him. And he said unto them the third time, 
Why, what evil hath he done ? I have found no cause of 
death in him : I will therefore chastise him and release him. 
But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might 
be crucified; they cried out exceedingly. Let him be crucified. 
And their voices prevailed. 

So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather 
that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his 
hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the 
blood of this righteous man: see ye to it. And all the 
people answered and said. His blood be on us and on our 
children. Then, wishing to content the multitude, he gave 
sentence that what they asked for should be done ; and he 
released unto them Barabbas : but Jesus he took and 
scourged. 

Then the soldiers of the governor led Jesus within the 
Praetorium, and gathered unto him the whole band. And 
they stripped him, and arrayed him in a purple garment. 
And they plaited a crown of thorns and put it upon his 
head, and put a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled 
down before him, and mocked him, saying. Hail, King of the 
Jews ! And they did spit upon him, and took the reed and 
smote him on the head. 

And Pilate went out again, and saith unto the chief priests 
and ofiicers. Behold I bring him out to you, that ye may 
know that I find no crime in him. Jesus therefore came out, 
wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. And 
Pilate saith unto them. Behold the man ! When therefore 
they saw him, they cried out, saying. Crucify him, crucify 
him. Pilate saith unto them, Take him yourselves, and 
crucify him : for I find no crime in him. 

The Jews answered him. We have a law, and by that law 
he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. 
When Pilate therefore heard this saying, he was the more 



" HE WENT OUT, BEARING THE CROSS." 191 

afraid ; and he entered into the palace again, and saith unto 
Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. 
Pilate therefore saith unto him, Speakest thou not unto me ? 
knowest thou not that I have power to release thee, and have 
power to crucify thee ? 

Jesus answered him, Thou wouldsthave no power against 
me, except it were given thee from above : therefore he 
that delivered me unto thee hath greater sin. Upon this 
Pilate sought to release him : but the Jews cried out, saying. 
If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar's friend : every 
one that maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. 
When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus 
out, and sat down on the judgment-seat at a place called The 
Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. 

Now it was the Preparation of the passover. And he saith 
unto the Jews, Behold, your King ! They therefore cried 
out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate 
saith unto them. Shall I crucify your King? The chief 
priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. Then there- 
fore he delivered him unto them to be crucified. And the 
soldiers took off from him the purple, and put on him his 
garments, and led him away to crucify him. 



134. 




" He Went Out, 

Bearing 

the Cross." 


Matt. 37: 31 
Mark 15: 21, 
Luke 33 : 26- 
John 19: 16, 


-33- 
22. 

32. 
17- 



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^HEY took Jesus therefore : and he went 
out, bearing the cross for himself. 
And as they came out they found a man of 
Cyrene, Simon by name, the father of 
Alexander and Rufus, coming from the 
country: him they laid hold on and com- 
pelled him to go with them, and laid on him 
the cross to bear it after Jesus. And there followed him a 
great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed 
and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said. 

Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for 
yourselves, and for your children. For behold, the days 



135. 

The 
Crucifixion. 
Matt. 37 : 33-56. 
Mark 15: 23-41. 
Luke 33 : 33-49- 
John 19: 18-37. 



192 THE CRUCIFIXION. 

are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the bar- 
ren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that 
never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the 
mountains. Fall on us ; and to the hills, Cover us. For if 
they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done 
in the dry ? 

And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him 
to be put to death. 

AND when they came unto the place 
which is called in Hebrew Golgotha, 
that is to say, The place of a skull, they 
offered him wine mingled with myrrh ; but 
when he had tasted it he would not drink. 
And there they crucified him, and the two 
robbers, one on the right hand and the other 
on the left, and Jesus in the midst. And Jesus said, 
Father, forgive them ; for they know not what they do. 

And it was the third hour. And Pilate wrote also his 
accusation, and put it up over his head on the cross, THIS IS 
JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 
This title therefore read many of the Jews : for the place 
where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city : and it was 
written in Hebrew and in Latin and in Greek. The chief 
priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, Write not. The 
King of the Jews, but that he said, I am the King of the 
Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. 
The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified Jesus, 
took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a 
part, casting lot-s upon them, what each should take. Now 
the tunic was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 
They said therefore one to another. Let us not rend it, but 
cast lots for it, whose it shall be : that the scripture might be 
fulfilled, which saith. They parted my garments amon^ them, 
And upon my vesture did they cast lot3. 



THE CRUCIFIXION. 193 

These things therefore the soldiers did. And they sat and 
watched him there. And the people stood beholding. And 
they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and 
saying, Ha ! Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it 
in three days, save thyself : if thou art the Son of God, 
come down from the cross. 

In like manner the chief priests also with the rulers and the 
scribes and elders mocked him among themselves, and scoffed 
at him, saying, He saved others ; himself he cannot save ; Let 
him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his Chosen. 
Let the Christ, the King of Israel now come down from the 
cross, that we may see, and we will beheve on him. He trust- 
eth on God : let him deliver him now, if he desireth him : for 
he said, I am the Son of God. And the soldiers also mocked 
him, coming to him, offering him vinegar, and saying, If thou 
art the King of the Jews, save thyself. 

And one of the malefactors who were hanged railed on 
him, saying, Art not thou the Christ ? save thyself and us. 
But the other answered, and rebuking him said. Dost thou 
not even fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemna- 
tion? And we indeed justly ; for we receive the due reward 
of our deeds : but this man hath done nothing amiss. And 
he said, Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy king- 
dom. And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To- 
day shalt thou be with me in Paradise. 

But there were standing by the cross of Jesus, his mother, 
and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary 
Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the 
disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother. 
Woman, behold thy Son ! Then saith he to the disciple. 
Behold, thy mother ! And from that hour the disciple took 
her unto his own home. 

And it was now about the sixth hour, and there was dark- 
ness over all the land until the ninth hour, the sun's light 
failing. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried ^out with a 



194 THE CRUCIFIXION. 

loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabacthani ? that is, being inter- 
preted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? 

And some of them that stood by, when they heard it said, 
Behold, this man calleth Elijah. 

After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, 
that the scripture might be accomphshed, saith, I thirst. 
There was set there a vessel full of vinegar : so one ran and 
took a sponge and filled it with vinegar, and put it upon a 
reed [of] hyssop, and brought it to his mouth. And the rest 
said. Let be ; let us see whether Elijah cometh to take him 
down, to save him. When Jesus therefore had received the 
vinegar, he said. It is finished. 

And when Jesus had cried again with a loud voice, he 
said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit : And 
having said this, he bowed his head and yielded up his 
spirit. 

And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from 
the top to the bottom, and the earth did quake; and the 
rocks were rent ; and the tombs were opened ; and many 
bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised ; and 
coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they 
entered into the holy city and appeared unto many. 

Now the centurion, and they that were with him watching 
JesuSj when they saw the earthquake, and the things that 
were done, and saw that he so gave up the ghost, feared 
exceedingly, and glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a 
righteous man. Truly this man was the Son of God. And all 
the multitudes that came together to this sight, when they 
beheld the things that were done, returned smiting their 
breasts. 

And all his acquaintance and many women were there 
beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, 
ministering unto him : among whom was Mary Magdalene, 
and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and 
Salome the mother of the sons of Zebedee, who when he 



THE BURIAL. 195 

was in Galilee followed him and ministered unto him; and 
many other women who came up with him unto Jerusalem. 

The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that 
the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath 
(for the day of that sabbath was a higti day), asked of Pilate 
that their legs might be broken, and that they might be 
taken away. The soldiers therefore came, and brake the 
legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with 
him : but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was 
dead already, they brake not his legs : howbeit one of the 
soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and straightway there 
came out blood and water. 

And he that hath seen hath borne witness, and his witness 
is true : and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye also may 
believe. For these things came to pass, that the scripture 
might be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And 
again another scripture saith. They shall look on him whom 
they pierced. 



136. 

The 
Burial. 

Matt. 37 : 57-66. 
Mark 15 : 42-47. 
Luke 23 : 50-56. 
John 19: 38-42. 



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ND when even was come, because it was 
the Preparation, that is, the day before 
the sabbath, there came from Arimathea, a 
city of the Jews, a rich man named Joseph, 
a councillor of honorable estate, who also was 
looking for the kingdom of God ; a good and 
righteous man (he had not consented to their 
counsel and deed) ; who was also a disciple of Jesus, but 
secretly, for fear of the Jews. This man went boldly to 
Pilate, and asked leave to take away the body of Jesus. And 
Pilate marvelled if he were already dead ; and calling unto 
him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any 
while dead. And when he learned it of the centurion, he 
granted the body to Joseph. 

There came also Nicodemus, he who at the first came to 
Jesus by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about 



196 THE RESURRECTION. 

a hundred pounds weight. And they took down the body of 
Jesus, and wrapped it in a clean Unen cloth [which] Joseph 
bought, with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury; 
and Joseph laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn 
out of a rock, where never man had yet lain, in a garden, in 
the place where Jesus was crucified. And he rolled a great 
stone against the door of the tomb, and departed. 

And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses, sit- 
ting over against the sepulchre, beheld where he was laid. 
And the women who had come out of Galilee, followed after, 
and beheld the tomb and how his body was laid. And they 
returned and prepared spices and ointments. And on the 
Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. 

Now on the morrow, which is after the Preparation, the 
chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto 
Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while 
he was yet alive, After three days I rise again. Command 
therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, 
lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say 
unto the people, He is risen from the dead : and the last error 
will be worse than the first. Pilate said unto them, Ye have 
a guard : go, make it as sure as ye can. So they went, and 
made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the guard being 
with them. 



137. 

The 
Resurrection. 

Matt. 38: 1-8. 
Mark 16 : 1-8. 
Luke 34 : i-ii. 
John 30 : i-io. 



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OW late on the Sabbath day, as it began 
to dawn toward the first day of the 
week, while it was yet dark, Mary Magda- 
lene, and Mary the mother of James, and 
Salome came to see the sepulchre, bringing 
the spices which they had prepared, that 
they might anoint him. 
And behold, there was a great earthquake ; for an angel of 
the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled away 
the stone, and sat upon it. His appearance was as lightning, 



THE RESURRECTION. 197 

and his raiment white as snow : and for fear of him the 
watchers did quake, and became as dead men. And the 
women came to the tomb when the sun was risen. And they 
were saying among themselves, Who shall roll us away the 
stone from the door of the tomb ? for it was exceeding 
great. And looking up they see that the stone is rolled 
back. And the angel answered and said unto the women, 
Fear ye not ; for I know that ye seek Jesus who hath been 
crucified. He is not here ; for he is risen, even as he said. 
Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 

And they entered into the tomb and found not the body of 
the Lord Jesus ; and it came to pass while they were per- 
plexed thereabout they saw a young man sitting on the right 
side, arrayed in a dazzling white robe : and as they were 
affrighted and bowed down their faces to the earth, he said 
unto them. Ye seek Jesus the Nazarene who hath been cruci- 
fied. Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not 
here but is risen : remember how he spake unto you when he 
was yet in Galilee, saying that the Son of man must be 
delivered up unto the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, 
and the third day rise again. 

But go tell his disciples and Peter, He is risen from the 
dead ; and lo, he goeth before you into Galilee ; there shall 
ye see him, as he said unto you. Lo, I have told you. 
And they remembered his words, and they went out and fled 
quickly from the tomb, with fear and great joy ; for trembling 
and astonishment had come upon them ; and they said 
nothing to any one, and ran to bring his disciples word. 

Mary Magdalene runneth therefore and cometh to Simon 
Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith 
unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, 
and we know not where they have laid him. 

Peter therefore went forth, and the other disciple, and they 
went toward the tomb. And they ran both 'together : and 
the other disciple outran Peter, and came first to the tomb ; 



198 " HE SHEWED HIMSELF ALIVE." 

and stooping and looking in, he seeth the linen cloths lying ; 
yet entered he not in. Simon Peter therefore also cometh, 
following him, and entered into the tomb ; and he beholdeth 
the linen cloths lying, and the napkin, that was upon his 
head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place 
by itself. 

Then entered in therefore the other disciple also, who 
came first to the tomb, and he saw, and believed. For as 
yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from 
the dead. So the disciples went away again unto their own 
home. 



138. 

" He Shewed 
Himself 
Alive." 
Matt. 38 : 9-15. 
Mark 16 : 9-18. 
Luke 34 ; 12-49. 
John 20 : 11-29. 



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OW when he was risen early on the first 
day of the week, he appeared first to 
Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast 
out seven devils. 

But Mary was standing without at the tomb 
weeping : so, as she wept, she stooped and 
looked into the tomb ; and she beholdeth two 
angels in white sitting, one at the head, and 
one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they 
say unto her. Woman, why weepest thou ? She saith unto 
them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know 
not where they have laid him. 

When she had thus said, she turned herself back, and be- 
holdeth Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. 
Jesus saith unto her. Woman, why weepest thou ? whom 
seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith 
unto him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell me where 
thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith 
unto her, Mary. She turneth herself, and saith unto him in 
Hebrew, Rabboni ; which is to say, Master. Jesus saith to 
her, 

Touch me not ; for I am not yet ascended unto the 
Father : but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I as- 



" HE SHEWED HIMSELF ALIVE." 199 

cend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and 
your God. Mary Magdalene cometh and telleth the disci- 
ples, as they mourned and wept, I have seen the Lord ; and 
how that he had said these things unto her. And they, when 
they heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, 
disbelieved. 

And the women ran to bring his disciples word. And 
behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came 
and took hold of his feet, and worshipped him. Then saith 
Jesus unto them, Fear not : go tell my brethren that they 
depart into Galilee, and there shall they see me. And they 
returned from the tomb and told all these things to the 
eleven and to all the rest. And these words appeared in 
their sight as idle talk ; and they disbelieved them. 

Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard 
came into the city, and told unto the chief priests all the 
things that were come to pass. And when they were assem- 
bled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large 
money unto the soldiers, saying. Say ye. His disciples came 
by night, and stole him away while we slept. And if this 
come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and rid 
you of care. So they took the money, and did as they were 
taught : and this saying was spread abroad among the Jews, 
and continueth until this day. 

And behold, after these things, he was manifested in 
another form unto two of them that had been with him, as 
they walked and were going that very day to a village named 
Emmaus, which was threescore furlongs from Jerusalem. 
And they communed with each other of all these things 
which had happened. And it came to pass, while they 
communed and questioned together, that Jesus himself drew 
near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden that 
they should not know him. And he said unto them, What 
communications are these that ye have one with another, 
as ye walk ? And they stood still, looking sad. 



200 " HE SHEWED HIMSELF ALIVE/' 

And one of them, named Cleopas, answering said unto 
him, Dost thou alone sojourn in Jerusalem and not know the 
things which are come to pass there in these days? And he 
said unto them, What things ? And they said unto him, 
The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet 
mighty in deed an(J word before God and all the people : 
and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up 
to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 

But we hoped that it was he that should redeem Israel. 
Yea and beside all this, it is now the third day since these 
things came to pass. Moreover certain women of our com- 
pany amazed us, having been early at the tomb ; and when 
they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had 
also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. 
And certain of them that were with us went to the tomb, and 
found it even so as the women had said : but him they saw 
not. 

And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart 
to believe in all that the prophets have spoken ! Behooved 
it not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his 
glory ? And beginning from Moses and from all the pro- 
phets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things 
concerning himself. 

And they drew nigh unto the village whither they were 
going, and he made as though he would go further. And 
they constrained him, saying, Abide with us : for it is toward 
evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to 
abide with them. And it came to pass, when he had sat 
down with them to meat, he took the bread, and blessed : 
and breaking it, he gave to them. And their eyes were 
opened, and they knew him : and he vanished out of their 
sight. And they said one to another. Was not our heart 
burning within us while he spake to us in the way, while he 
opened to us the scriptures ? 

And they rose up that very hour, and returned to Jerusa- 



'' HE SHEWED HIMSELF ALIVE." 201 

lem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that 
were with them, saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and 
hath appeared to Simon. And they rehearsed the things that 
happened in the way, and how he was known of them in the 
breaking of the bread. 

It was evening on that first day of the week, and when the 
doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the 
Jews, and as they spake these things, Jesus himself came 
and stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them. Peace 
be unto you. But they were terrified and affrighted, and 
supposed that they beheld a spirit. And he said unto them. 

Why are ye troubled ? and wherefore do questionings 
arise in your hearts ? See my hands and my feet, that it 
is I myself : handle me and see ; for a spirit hath not flesh 
and bones, as ye behold me having. 

And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and 
his feet and his side. And while they still disbelieved for 
joy, and wondered, he said unto them. Have ye here any- 
thing to eat ? 

And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish. And he took 
it, and did eat before them. The disciples therefore were 
glad, when they saw the Lord. 

Jesus therefore said to them again. Peace be unto you : as 
the Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when 
he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them. 
Receive ye the Holy Spirit : whose soever sins ye forgive, 
they are forgiven unto them ; whose soever sins ye retain, 
they are retained. 

And he said unto them. These are my words which I 
spake unto you, while I was yet with you, how that all 
things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law 
of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning 
me. Then opened he their mind, that they might understand 
the scriptures ; and he said unto them. 

Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise 



202 " HE SHEWED HIMSELF ALIVE." 

again from the dead the third day ; and that repentance and 
remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all 
the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. Ye are witnesses 
of these things. And behold, I send forth the promise of 
my Father upon you : but tarry ye in the city, until ye be 
clothed with power from on high. 

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not 
with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore 
said unto him. We have seen the Lord. But he said unto 
them. Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, 
and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my 
hand into his side, I will not believe. 

And after eight days again his disciples were within, and 
Thomas with them : Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and 
stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 

Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and 
see my hands ; and reach hither thy hand, and put it into 
my side ; and be not faithless, but believing. 

Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my 
God. Jesus saith unto him, Because thou hast seen me, 
thou hast believed : blessed are they that have not seen, 
and yet have believed. 

And he said unto them. Go ye into all the world, and 
preach the gospel to the whole creation. He that believeth 
and is baptized shall be saved ; but he that disbelieveth 
shall be condemned. And these signs shall follow them 
that believe : in my name shall they cast out devils ; they 
shall speak with new tongues ; they shall take up serpents, 
and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt 
them ; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall 
recover. 



139. 

" Lovest 
Thou Me ? " 
John 21 : 1-25. 



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LOVEST THOU iME ? 203 

FTER these things Jesus manifested 
himself again to the disciples at the 
sea of Tiberias ; and he manifested himself 
on this wise. There were together Simon 
Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and 
Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and 
two other of his disciples. Simon Peter saith unto them, I 
go a fishing. They say unto him, We also come with thee. 
They went forth, and entered into the boat ; and that night 
they took nothing. 

But when day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the 
beach : howbeit the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. 
Jesus therefore saith unto them, Children, have ye aught to 
eat ? They answered him. No. And he said unto them, 
Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and ye shall find. 
They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it 
for the multitude of fishes. That disciple therefore whom 
Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. So when Simon 
Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his coat about him 
(for he had on his under garment only), and cast himself into 
the sea. But the other disciples came in the little boat (for 
they were not far from the land, but about two hundred 
cubits off), dragging the net full of fishes. 

So when they got out upon the land, they see a fire of 
coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus saith 
unto them. Bring of the fish which ye have now taken. 
Simon Peter therefore went up, and drew the net to land, 
full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty and three : and for 
all there were so many, the net was not rent. Jesus saith 
unto them. Come and break your fast. And none of the 
disciples durst inquire of him. Who art thou ? knowing that 
it was the Lord. Jesus cometh, and taketh the bread, and 
giveth them, and the fish likewise. This is now the third 
time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after that he 
was risen from the dead. 



204 " LOVEST THOU ME ? " 

So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon 
Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these ? 
He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love 
thee. He saith unto him. Feed my lambs. He saith to 
him again a second time, Simon, son of John, lovest thou 
me ? He saith unto him. Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I 
love thee. He saith unto him, Tend my sheep. He saith 
unto him the third time, Simon, son of John lovest thou 
me ? 

Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, 
Lovest thou me ? And he said unto him, Lord, thou know- 
est all things ; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith 
unto him, Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee. 
When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walk- 
edst whither thou wouldest : but when thou shalt be old, 
thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird 
thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. Now this 
he spake, signifying by what manner of death he should 
glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto 
him, Follow me. 

Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved 
following ; who also leaned back on his breast at the supper, 
and said, Lord, who is he that betrayeth thee ? Peter 
therefore seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this 
man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I 
come, what is that to thee ? follow thou me. This saying 
therefore went forth among the brethren, that that disciple 
should not die : yet Jesus said not unto him, that he should 
not die ; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to 
thee ? 

This is the disciple who beareth witness of these things, 
and wrote these things: and we know that his witness is 
true. 

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, 
the which if they should be written every one, I suppose that 



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205 



even the world itself would not contain the books that should 
be written. 



140. 

The Great 

Commission. 

Matt. 38 : 16-20. 



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I UT the eleven disciples went into Galilee, 
unto the mountain where Jesus had 
appointed them.- And when they saw him, 
they worshipped him : but some doubted. 
And Jesus came to them and spake unto 
them, saying, 

All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on 
earth. Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the 
nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of 
the Son and of the Holy Ghost : teaching them to observe 
all things whatsoever I commanded you : and lo, I am with 
you alway, even unto the end of the world. 



141. 


The 


Ascension. 


Mark 16 : 19, 20. 


Luke 34 : 50-53. 


[Acts 1 : i-ii.] 



T' 



^HE former treatise I made, O The- 
ophilus, concerning all that Jesus began 
both to do and to teach, until the day in 
which he was received up, after that he had 
given commandment through the Holy Spirit 
unto the apostles whom he had chosen : to 
whom he also shewed himself alive after his passion by 
many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty 
days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of 
God: 

And being assembled together with them, he charged 
them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the 
promise of the Father, which, said he, ye heard from me : for 
John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized 
with the Holy Spirit not many days hence. 

And he led them out until they were over against Bethany, 
to the mount called Olivet, which is nigh unto Jerusalem, a 
Sabbath day's journey off. They therefore asked him saying. 
Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? 



2o6 THE CONCLUSION. 

And be said unto them, It is not for you to know times or 
seasons, which the Father hath set within his own author- 
ity. But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is 
come upon you : and ye shall be my witnesses both in 
Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the 
uttermost part of the earth. 

And when he had said these things, as they were looking, 
he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to 
pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was 
carried up into heaven ; and a cloud received them out of 
their sight. And they worshipped him. 

And while they were looking stedfastly into heaven, as he 
went, behold two men stood by them in white apparel ; who 
also said, ye men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into 
heaven. This Jesus, who was received up from you into 
heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye beheld him going 
into heaven. 

And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy: and were 
continually in the temple, blessing God. 

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken unto them, 
was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand 
of God. And they went forth, and preached everywhere, 
the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by 
the signs that followed. Amen. 



142. 

The 
Conclusion. 

John 30 : 30, 31. 



ANY other signs therefore did Jesus in 
the presence of the disciples, which 



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are not written in this book : but these are 
written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the 
Christ, the Son of God ; and that believing 



ye may have life in his name. 



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